Cvetaeva Collection · Poetry

Author: Marina Tsvetaeva (Russia), translated by Wang Jianzhao
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Nobel Prize laureate Brodsky once declared at an international conference that Tsvetaeva was the greatest poet of the 20th century. When asked if she was the greatest Russian poet, he replied: "She is the greatest poet in the world." Someone else asked about Rilke, and Brodsky grew slightly annoyed, saying: "In our century, there is no greater poet than Tsvetaeva." Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize Committee, Esparmak, also believed that Tsvetaeva's failure to win the Nobel Prize was not only her regret but also the committee's regret. This highlights Tsvetaeva's significance in the history of 20th-century world literature. Her contemporary poet Ilyonka Ehrenburg once remarked about her: "She was born as a poet and died as a person."