Anna Akhmatova - Queen of the Silver Age

Today we look at the queen of the Silver Age, Anna Akhmatova. She lived one hell of an interesting life and documented it all through some of the greatest poetry to come out of the twentieth century. And yes, I pronounced her name wrong!

Enjoy!

FIND ME:

[afanasymarinov]

As a native speaker of Russian and ardent admirer of Anna Akhmatova I must say this video essay is just awesome. Thanks for introducing this outside of the Russian speaking world seriously underrated poet to a larger audience!

[mgcable]

11:56 This is an exceptional explanation of a poet I had never heard of, but now must read her work. What an amazing writer. Thank you! I was referred to this through “The Wrter’s Almanac.”

[lublondon]

Thank you for this excellent video
I’ll play it to my students today

[lilquassonn]

"the ancient gods changed men to things, but left them a consciousness that smoldered endlessly, that splendid sorrows might endure forever. and you are changed into a memory."

🥲🥲 from one of my favorite poems by her. i am planning to get this tattooed on me.

[harperredfield]

Thank you for this amazing video!We need more people like you!❤️

[carlinenurnberger]

That is a life well lived. Anna was unbowed, undeterred. We all should follow her footsteps and resilience. Merci. 🙏☮️

[belreis]

I really liked the video! Congratulations on the content! The first time I met her was through a poem translated into French called "love" I was very emotional and went after her works. I believe that Russian authors are some of the best in the world. They can mix the playful world with the sorrows of life in a very touching way. They represent all movements well. They always carry a melancholy full of meaning. I believe that only through literature could we be extremely educated academically speaking. I started studying Russian to be able to read, because I found out that Russian works are translated from English into my language, which impoverishes the text a lot. And it's a very beautiful language. Thank you for sharing this!

[leorivers]

Thank you for this overview from the heart.

[tombethell]

Thanks a lot, used this in a lesson in St. Petersburg of all places!

[mezzmezzy]

Thank you for that great video. I discovered her poetry via an album by Iris Dement called The Trackless Woods which set her poems to music.

[kaleidoscope]

This was a really informative and engaging video! Instant subscribe. I feel like your channel is super underrated

[zzividine]

You are incredible!!!! Thank you for your video. Great work and beautiful images with the poems. great narration too! Anna its so important for the humanity; i'm so gladly that you make this. Love from Brazil and keep your channel man!!!

[GinNoSaji]

I'm glad I stumbled upon your video when I looked up Akhmatova in the search bar. I'll definitely check out your other videos (: Thanks for making this concise, yet insightful video on one of the most important literary figures in Russian literature!

[noahfranks]

Just found your channel. This is similar to the way I'm thinking of doing my YouTube videos. Great job man. This is brilliant

[lobabashehab]

Amazing woman and an amazing video. I knew none of her life before watching this and you made a clear breakdown of it, so thank you! Can you recommend biographies or books written about her life? I'm guessing she didn't write any kind of memoirs.

[Fyshhooks]

Having just found the Portrait of Anna Akhmatova by Nathan Altman, which I posted on the fb group Music and Art Odyssey, I was delighted to find your instructive and well-done video to share the posting. Thank you, and I'll definitely look for more of your excellent videos.

[leorivers]

This is a documentary that does justice to her... because for her being recalled and rediscovered would be justice.

[richardcheatham]

There have been great things to discover about this wonderful female poet in watching ALL the videos about her on YouTube. And this one has plenty of fine content to offer as well. The pronunciation of her name, however, with an emphasis on the third syllable (differing from all the others emphasizing the second) sort of took the polish off the end product.

[GaryTseTseFlyNYHC]

considering the amount of time this valuable video undoubtedly required, why not spend a minute longer to insure the accent is on the second syllable when pronouncing the poet's name.

[Toracube]

Thanks so much. She gets a bit in Clive Jame's awesome book Cultural amnesia. Amazing she survived considering the slaughter.... Subbed.