Anna Akhmatova Quotes


And you know, I agree to everything: I will condemn, I will forget, I will give comfort to the enemy, Darkness will be light and sin lovely.


Citations

Akhmatova, Anna. The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova. Translated by Judith Hemschemeyer, Zephyr Press, 1992, p. 370.

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Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova
  • Born: June 23, 1889
  • Died: March 5, 1966
  • Nationality: Russian, Russian
  • Profession: Poet, Translator, Memoirist

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century. She was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in 1965 and received second-most (three) nominations for the award the following year.