Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected -… - Anna Akhmatova

" "
Not under foreign skies
Nor under foreign wings protected -
I shared all this with my own people
There, where misfortune had abandoned us.

Anna Akhmatova

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Anna Akhmatova

Anna Andreevna Gorenko [А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко] (23 June {11 June O.S.} 1889 - 5 March 1966) was a Russian poet, known primarily by her pen name Anna Akhmatova [А́нна Ахма́това]. Her work was condemned and censored by Soviet authorities and she notably chose not to emigrate, but remained in Russia, acting as witness to the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Анна Андреевна Ахматова • А́нна Андре́евна Ахма́това

Alternative Names: Anna Andreyevna Gorenko • Anna Achmatova • Anna Ahmatova • Anna Gorenko • Anna Andreevna Gorenko • Anna Andreevna Akhmatova • Anna A. Ahmatova

All quotes from Anna Akhmatova Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Anna Akhmatova:

Edna St. Vincent Millay Leonard Cohen Sara Teasdale William Butler Yeats Anne Sexton

Additional quotes by Anna Akhmatova

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

... he is rewarded with a form of eternal childhood,
with the bounty and vigilance of the stars,
the whole world was his inheritance
and he shared it with everyone.

He never asks for endearment, all quiet,
Only gazes at me all the time,
And he bears with a blissful smile
This distressing oblivion of mine.

Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected - I shared all this with my own people There, where misfortune had abandoned us. - Anna Akhmatova

About Anna Akhmatova

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Anna Akhmatova

Enhance Your Quote Experience