Anna Akhmatova

1889–1966

Requiem was memorised by friends because it could not be written down. Poetry as an act of refusal to forget.

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Poetry · 1963

Requiem

Anna Akhmatova

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Requiem

1963 · Elegy · Political poetry

Written in the prison queues of the Terror, memorised by friends because it could not be written down.