Akhmatova

[ ahk-mey-tuh-vuh; Russian uhkh-mah-tuh-vuh ]

noun

1. An·na [an, -, uh, ah, -n, uh], Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, 1889–1966, Russian poet.

Akhmatova

/ axˈmatəvə /

noun

1. AkhmatovaAnna18891966FRussianWRITING: poet Anna (ˈannə). pseudonym of Anna Gorenko. 1889–1966, Russian poet: noted for her concise and intensely personal lyrics

Example Sentences

Odesa’s past is intertwined with some of Russia’s most revered figures, including Catherine the Great, author Leo Tolstoy and poet Anna Akhmatova.

From Seattle Times

In four months he completed “The Flute-Player,” a political and sexual fantasy about a group of writers in an unnamed totalitarian state, loosely based on the lives of Ms. Akhmatova, the poet and novelist Boris Pasternak and the poets Marina Tsvetaeva and Osip Mandelstam.

From New York Times

“Lifeline,” from 2004, was a collection of old Pentecostal hymns, and for “The Trackless Woods,” from 2015, she set to music poems by the writer Anna Akhmatova — a project inspired by her Russian-born adopted daughter.

From New York Times

“The effect of reading this collection reminded me of only a few other modern poets: Robert Frost, in his virtuosity and beauty, and the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in her passion and straightforward honesty.”

From New York Times

Among his lovers were artists’ models and women famous for their own creative achievements, including the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and the South African-born journalist Beatrice Hastings.

From Washington Post