Bella Akhmadulina
Also known as Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina, Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina
Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
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Bella Akhmadulina was a celebrated Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator who lived from 1937 to 2010 and became one of the most important literary voices of her era. Her work is significant for its lyrical beauty and emotional depth, and she remains a major figure in twentieth-century Russian literature.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 April 1937
- Died
- 29 November 2010
- Works
- 56
Top works
- Izbrannoe
- Svecha
- Struna; stikhi
- New poems
- Metelʹ
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Russia
- Active from
- 1937-04-10
- Active to
- 2010-11-29
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Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, Tatar: Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. She was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. She is known in Russia as "the voice of the epoch".
Despite the aforementioned apolitical stance of her writing, Akhmadulina was often critical of authorities in the Soviet Union, and spoke out in favour of others, including Soviet Nobel laureates Boris Pasternak, Andrei Sakharov, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. She was known to international audiences via her travels abroad during the Khrushchev Thaw, during which she made appearances in sold-out stadiums. Upon her death in 2010 at the age of 73, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev hailed her poetry as a "classic of Russian literature."
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1937 births2010 deaths20th-century Russian women poets21st-century Russian poets21st-century Russian women poetsBurials at Novodevichy CemeteryHonorary members of the Russian Academy of ArtsMaxim Gorky Literature Institute alumniPushkin Prize winnersRecipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd classRecipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples