A fairy tale from the terrible past, My double goes to the … - Anna Akhmatova

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A fairy tale from the terrible past,
My double goes to the interrogation,
And then comes from the interrogation,

Anna Akhmatova

Poem Without a Hero & Selected Poems · July 31, 1989 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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.

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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

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And so the decades file by, torture,
Deportations, executions. Sing — You see...
I can't

No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured Me more, not Even the one who betrayed me to torture, Not even the one who caressed me and forgot.

No one else was as close and as open,
No one else so boiled my blood,
Even he, who consigned me to torment,
Even he, who caressed and forgot.

A fairy tale from the terrible past, My double goes to the interrogation, And then comes from the interrogation, - Anna Akhmatova

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