A companion to The Complete Poems, this collection offers in a
bilingual format some of the Russian poet's most intense and lyrical
moments, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying
notes for Judith Hemschemeyer's translations. We needn't worry again
about how to read Akhmatova in translation.--The Observer (London) In
this restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message
strike with all the weight of the original. --New York Times Book
Review
Judith Hemschemeyer began translating Akhmatova in 1976. She is a
professor at the University of Central Florida, and has published
several books of poetry and translations. Roberta Reeder has taught
at Harvard and Yale and is the author of Akhmatova's biography, Anna
Akhmatova: Poet & Prophet.
Also available by Anna Akhmatova
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
PB $29.00, 0-939010-27-5 - CUSA
A companion to The Complete Poems, this collection offers some of the
Russian poet's most intense and lyrical moments in bilingual format,
while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for
Judith Hemschemeyer's translations. We needn't worry again about how to
read Akhmatova in translation. -The Observer (London) In this
restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message strike
with all the weight of the original. -New York Times Book Review
