Notes about Anna Akhmatova. 4th edition, fixed. A set of 3 books. Chukovskaya L.K.

“Notes about Anna Akhmatova” by Lidia Chukovskaya-not only the best documentary and memoir work on the great Russian poet, but also one of the most important literary documents of the era. Having met with Anna Andreevna in the line at the gates of the Leningrad prison in 1938, Lidia Korneevna kept diary notes for several decades, which later compiled three books. These are not memories, namely a diary, records for yourself, according to a living trace of events. The signs of the Akhmatov person, the circle of her friends, the nature of literary interests.

The first book - the terrible years of the Herry of Hessine, clearly appear in them. The husband of Lidia Chukovskaya was shot in prison, the son of Anna Akhmatova is waiting for the verdict. Just in these years, Akhmatova creates his “Requiem”: he writes poetry on the scraps of paper, gives them to Chukovskaya - to remember - and instantly burns. Following the Ezhovschina - war, evacuation to Tashkent.

The second book is the post -war years, the difficult life of Akhmatova after a devastating decree of 1946, her attempts to achieve the liberation of the newly arrested son, her poems, her well -aimed and laconic judgments about literature, about time, about Russian history. The diary organically includes the signs of time-the death of Stalin, the XX Congress, the thaw, the rehabilitation of many innocently convicted, the persecution of Pasternak because of the “Doctor Zhivago”, his death, the beginning of new frosts.

The third volume of “Notes” covers The period from January 1963 to March 5, 1966, the day of the death of Anna Akhmatova. These are the years when the Khrushchev thaw ended. Anna Akhmatova’s attempts to print “Requiem” and “Poem without a Hero” faults. Lidia Chukovskaya fails, trying to publish her story “Sofya Petrovna”. They arrest, judge and refer to Joseph Brodsky. Many pages of this book are devoted to Akhmatova’s troubles. Chukovskaya helps Akhmatova compile her collection “Running of the Time”, writes down her stories about triumphal trips to Italy and England.

In each of the volumes of “Notes” - unique photos and documents from the archive of Chukovskaya.