The Akhmatova Journals (1989)

by Lydia Chukovskaya, Anna Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna Akhmatova

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Her friend Lydia Chukovskaya kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. This is a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova: her fortunes and sorrows, the evolution of her writing, her inspiration and imagination.

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An essential book for the study of Akhmatova. Chukovskaya was close to AA during the period of the Terror when her son had been imprisoned. LC was knowledgeable about poetry and assisted AA in preserving some of her great poems (Requiem) of this time. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Lydia Chukovskaya	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Akhmatova, Anna	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Her friend Lydia Chukovskaya kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. This is a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova: her fortunes and sorrows, the evolution of her writing, her inspiration and imagination.

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