june june march better known pen russian russian modernist poet acclaimed writers russian canon work ranges short lyric poems structured cycles requiem tragic masterpiece terror style characterised economy emotional restraint original distinctive contemporaries strong clear leading female voice struck new chord russian poetry writing said fall periods early work later work death divided decade reduced literary output work condemned censored authorities notable choosing remaining russia acting witness events perennial themes include time memory difficulties living writing shadow primary sources information life relatively war revolution regime caused written record destroyed long periods official close died aftermath revolution husband executed soviet secret police son common law husband spent years died early life family born near black_sea port father naval engineer mother descended russian nobility wrote large family wrote poetry russian woman poet aunt grandfather modest landowners region moved insurrection time distinguished family ancestor killed night tent russian killer hire tells marked end russia known descendant eighteenth century married rich famous landowner great grandfather daughter grandmother died mother years old named honour diamond rings fingers thin didn fit family moved north near months old family lived house corner street lane building longer today spending summers age near studied moving finished schooling parents separated went study law leaving year later study literature started writing poetry age published late teens inspired poets survives sister wrote poetry pursue practice married shortly high school father want verses printed respectable chose adopt grandmother distinctly surname pen met young poet christmas eve encouraged write pursued intensely making numerous marriage proposals starting years old journal published poem translated hand rings signing soon known artistic circles regularly giving public readings year wrote friend loved years believe fate wife love know married april family attended wedding couple paris met befriended italian artist late came poets form promoted idea craft key poetry inspiration mystery taking themes concrete world time developed influential anti school concurrent growth america year marriage began constraints wrote lost passion end year left month trip africa taste fame renowned beauty intense attracting fascinated attention great men including great good returned visit paris created paintings including later began affair celebrated poet wife declared later autobiography came forgive time son born renowned historian silver age published book verse evening years small edition copies quickly sold received dozen positive notices literary press exercised strong pieces including poems written end noted song meeting dated september poem book secured reputation new striking young writer poems grey eyed king forest water don need legs anymore making famous later wrote poems girl reason reprinted thirteen times came translations girl far recall fate hide issues journals published second collection appeared march firmly established popular sought poets day thousands women composed poems honour mimicking style prompting taught women speak don know silent aristocratic manners artistic integrity won titles queen soul silver age period came known history russian poetry poem hero longest best known works written decades later recall blessed time life close friends married proposed times rumours began having affair influential lyrical poet july wrote frightening times approaching soon fresh graves cover land august germany declared war russia marking start dark storm world war civil war revolution repression russia silver age came close relationship mosaic artist poet poems period turn created featured selected poems collection white flock volume poet critic later described writing personal tinged note controlled terror later came description muse describes writing time grim spare february revolution started named soldiers fired marching looked past future rotting city electricity sewage service little water food faced starvation sickness friends died left safer europe america including escaped england option leave considered time chose stay proud decision remain wrote leave height fame divorced husband year friends considered mistake married prominent poet later said felt thought like like going convent knowing going lose freedom began affairs theatre director composer set poems music 1920s 1930s husband prosecuted alleged role conspiracy august shot according historian murder state response rebellion secret police blamed rebellion intellectuals prompting senior officer forcibly extract names conspirators imprisoned professor amnesty execution guarantee proved meaningless sentenced dozens named persons death including appealed time agreed condemned shot days death wrote murders powerful effect russian destroying poetry group placing stigma son later arrest 1930s based father son new perspective poetry deemed represent introspective aesthetic reflecting trivial female keeping new revolutionary politics time attacked state supporters friends seen termed vegetarian years work unofficially banned party resolution found hard publish didn stop writing poetry acclaimed translations works pursued academic work worked critic ussr foreign critics readers concluded died little food money son denied access study academic institutions parents alleged anti state activities impact nationwide repression effect circle friends artists intellectuals close friend fellow poet deported sentenced labour camp die narrowly escaped arrest son imprisoned numerous occasions regime accused counter revolutionary activity queue hours deliver food packages behalf describes standing outside stone prison day somebody crowd identified standing woman lips blue cold course heard called started common asked describe said like smile passed face wrote time went train station went exile find friends step intellectual cultural figures leaving train poetry circles committed suicide follow returning exile common law wife art scholar lifelong friend stayed repeatedly taken custody dying tragic cycle requiem documents personal experience time writes million voices shout tortured mouth approved publication volume poetry books collection withdrawn months revealed authorities flat kept constant surveillance keeping detailed files time pages reports phone quotations writings confessions close officially work continued secret close friend chronicler described writers working poetic messages alive strategies small trusted circle example works oral means tells write poem visitor scrap paper read moment burnt poems carefully way likely complied manner lost like ritual wrote hands matches ritual beautiful bitter world war witnessed day siege started poem hero finishing draft working poem years considering major work life memory audience friends fellow citizens perished siege evacuated spring safer artists time away seriously ill suffered severe tuberculosis young woman returning writes disturbed find terrible ghost pretended city regularly read soldiers military hospitals line later pieces voice struggled moved away romantic themes diverse complex philosophical body work patriotic poems found way pages condemned visit liberal western jewish philosopher berlin official publicly labelled half half nun work poetry upper class lady work product political indifference banned poems publication journals accusing poisoning minds soviet youth surveillance increased expelled berlin described visit flat barely furnished virtually gathered taken away looted sold siege grey haired lady white shoulders slowly rose greet immensely gestures noble head beautiful somewhat severe features expression immense sadness son arrested end sentenced years prison camp spent years trying ensure release end time published overtly poetry praise peace magazine openly supporting regime remained camps death final release potentially aided mother efforts suggests period pro work saved life notably acknowledged pieces official corpus stature soviet poets slowly conceded party officials longer cited scathing contexts fully recognised following death press heavily controlled censored translation praised public review poems began appear year released camps believing mother cared poetry worked hard release status confirmed publication poems flight time collected works published complete volume works lifetime long poem requiem condemning absent predicted time published soviet_union years years life continued live family translating researching writing poetry censored concerned construct work destroyed suppressed posed threat life son camps lost semi autobiographical play worked official memoirs planned novels worked epic poem hero years writing widely honoured ussr west visited tried visit refused worried son arrested family association suspect western philosopher inspired advised large circle key young soviet writers frequented poets arrested interned social win nobel prize literature poet exile remaining major poets silver age newly acclaimed soviet authorities fine loyal representative country permitted travel time virtue works requiem hailed home abroad unofficial leader movement reinforcing image representative soviet_union russia popular 1960s revolution reputation continuing grow death 75th birthday new collections verse published able meet pre revolutionary acquaintances allowed travel sicily england order receive prize honorary doctoral degree oxford_university accompanied lifelong friend secretary requiem russian finally appeared book form munich work published ussr long poem way earth published complete form november soon oxford visit suffered heart attack hospitalised moved moscow spring died heart failure march age thousands attended memorial ceremonies held moscow displayed open coffin interred cemetery described impact life saw widespread worship memory soviet_union today artist human far know parallel legend life passive resistance regarded country transformed figure merely russian literature russian history twentieth century celebrate 100th birthday held international conference life work today work explored anna literary work themes joined group poets poets working response school concurrent growth america promoted use craft rigorous poetic form spiritual roads composition favouring concrete modeled principles writing clarity simplicity disciplined form collections evening received wide critical acclaim famous start career contained brief psychologically pieces acclaimed classical telling details use colour evening books lyric theme love shot sadness early poems usually picture man woman involved poignant ambiguous moment relationship imitated later parodied critic notes early poems attracted large numbers able capture convey vast range evolving emotions experienced love affair thrill meeting deepening love hatred eventually violent destructive passion total indifference poetry marks radical break ornate style mystical representation love typical poets like lyrics composed short fragments simple speech form logical coherent pattern instead reflect way actually think links images emotional simple everyday objects charged psychological associations like model ways intent conveying worlds meaning precise details complained critics walled perception work early years romantic passion despite major changes theme later years terror mainly secret nature work public critical volumes risks great close friends family exiled imprisoned shot son constant threat arrest close surveillance following artistic repression public condemnation state 1920s literary public circles home abroad thought died readership generally know later passion requiem poem hero scathing works shared trusted circulated secret word mouth composed worked reworked long poem requiem secret lyrical cycle witness depicting suffering common people soviet terror carried worked lived towns cities soviet_union absent collected works given explicit condemnation work russian finally appeared book form munich work published ussr consists numbered poems examine series emotional states exploring suffering despair devotion clear narrative biblical themes christ devastation mary mother jesus reflect russia particularly witnessing women 1930s represented degree rejection earlier romantic work took public role chronicler terror role holds day essays poem hero longest work published death long poem composed critically regarded best work finest poems twentieth century gives deep detailed analysis approach including important encounter talent composition translation evidenced fine translations works poets writing french english italian armenian korean cultural influence translations poems coffin set music album honours prize honorary doctorate oxford_university selected poetry collections published literally white flock grass pages copies published reed compiled published uneven compiled published books publication suspended shortly release copies selections poetry government edited separately published maya seventh book separately published copies poems flight time collected works later editions poems trans boston poems trans isbn selected poems trans isbn trans isbn word causes death defeat poems memory annals communism trans isbn selected poems trans thomas isbn selected poems trans isbn
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