Akhmatova's Orphans

Akhmatova's Orphans (Russian: Ахматовские сироты, romanized: Akhmatovskiye siroty) was a group of four twentieth-century Russian poets from Leningrad — namely Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Yevgeny Rein (1935–), Anatoly Naiman (1936–2022), and Dmitri Bobyshev (1936–) — who gathered as acolytes around the poet Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966).[1] Akhmatova called them her "magic choir", but after her death they became known as her "orphans",[2] a term which was coined by Bobyshev himself. Nayman had also worked as a secretary for Akhmatova and a collaborator to her translations. Their style has been defined as "neo-Acmeist", with distinct traits from the authors of the early movement.[3]

In 2024, filmmaker and Russian-literature scholar Yuri Leving directed a film focusing on the quartet, titled Akhmatova's Orphans: Disassembly.[4]

References

  1. ^ Maxim D. Shrayer (March–June 1993). "Two Poems on the Death of Akhmatova: Dialogues, Private Codes, and the Myth of Akhmatova's Orphans". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 35 (1/2). Canadian Association of Slavists: 45–68. JSTOR 40869458.
  2. ^ Volkov, Solomon; Bouis, Antonina W. (1997). St. Petersburg: A Cultural History. Free Press. p. 510. ISBN 978-0-684-83296-8.
  3. ^ Iocca, Federico (23 June 2018). "[Leningrad] Anna Akhmatova house". Culture del Dissenso. Translated by Bacci, Diletta. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Screening of the Documentary: 'Akhmatova's Orphans: Disassembly'". cafoscariNEWS. Ca' Foscari University of Venice. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2025.


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