The book is in English, large print. Anna Akhmatova 11 (23) in June 1889, Odessa - March 5, 1966, Domodedovo, Moscow Region - Russian poet, translator and literary critic, one of the most significant figures of Russian literature of XX century. Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature (1965). She was recognized as a classic of Russian poetry back in the 1920. Creativity Akhmatova as the biggest cultural phenomenon of XX century. received international recognition. In 1964 she was awarded the international prize "Etna-Taormina" in 1965 - an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at Oxford University. March 5, 1966 Akhmatova died in Domodedovo village on March 10 after a funeral service at St.

Nicholas Naval Cathedral ashes it was buried in the cemetery in the village of Komarovo, near Leningrad.