<DIV><P>A companion to <I>The Complete Poems</I>, this collection offers in a bilingual format some of the Russian poet's most intense and lyrical moments, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for Judith Hemschemeyer's translations. "We needn't worry again about how to read Akhmatova in translation."—<I>The Observer</I> (London) "In this restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message strike with all the weight of the original." —<I>New York Times Book Review</I></P><p><B>Judith Hemschemeyer</B> began translating Akhmatova in 1976. She is a professor at the University of Central Florida, and has published several books of poetry and translations. <B>Roberta Reeder</B> has taught at Harvard and Yale and is the author of Akhmatova's biography, <I>Anna Akhmatova: Poet & Prophet</I>.</P><p>Also available by Anna Akhmatova<BR><I>The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova</I><BR>PB $29.00, 0-939010-27-5 • CUSA</P><p>A companion to <I>The Complete Poems,</I> this collection offers some of the Russian poet's most intense and lyrical moments in bilingual format, while retaining a preface by Roberta Reeder and accompanying notes for Judith Hemschemeyer's translations. "We needn't worry again about how to read Akhmatova in translation." -<I>The Observer (London)</I> "In this restrained and accurate translation ... the sense and message strike with all the weight of the original." -<I>New York Times Book Review</I></DIV>