Quote by: Anna Akhmatova

My double drags his coffin, humble slave, I, at least, am real, though changed to flesh. Far-off, I build me a church no hand can shape ("Winter Sonnets: III")


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Author Bio


  • NameAnna Akhmatova
  • DescriptionRussian modernist poet
  • AliasesAnna Andreyevna Gorenko
  • BornJune 23, 1889
  • DiedMarch 5, 1966
  • CountryRussian Empire; Soviet Union
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer