Collected Works of Svetlana Tretyakova — Poetry

Author: Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: The Nobel Prize-winning 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 was the greatest poet in the world." Someone else asked: "And Rilke?" Brodsky then grew somewhat annoyed and said: "In our century, there was no greater poet than Tsvetaeva." Moreover, the Chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy, Espmark, also believed that Tsvetaeva not receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature was both her regret and the committee's regret. This highlights Tsvetaeva's prominent position in the history of 20th-century world literature. Her contemporary poet Ilyon Brik onced her thus: "Born as a poet and died as a person."