Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet. The New Leader | December 19, 1994| | COPYRIGHT 1994 American Labor Conference on International Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Early in this century, a Russian teenager who wanted to begin publishing her poetry was denied use of the family name by her father. So she set about finding a suitable substitute. Her mother claimed to be related to the last great Tatar chieftain, Akhmat Khan, a descendant of the notorious Genghis. Since the budding poet had inherited high Tatar cheekbones, she thought it fitting to call herself Anna Akhmatova. The pseudonym, euphonious and resonant of a romantic age, proved to be the first in a series of shrewd choices.

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