Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet whose passionate, formally inventive verse is among the most powerful in Russian literature. She spent years in emigration and returned to the Soviet Union where she was isolated and finally took her own life.
Works
- Evening AlbumDebut lyrical poetry collection published when author was in her teens
- MilepostsVerse exploring themes of suffering, passion, and creative transformation
- CraftProse essays reflecting on poetry's nature, the creative process, and artistic duty
- After RussiaPoetry written in Paris, mourning Russia lost to revolution and exile
- The Poem of the EndLong poem depicting the end of an illicit love affair with lyrical intensity