Veronika Konstantinovna Afanasyeva (b. 1933) is a famous orientalist, a leading researcher at the East of the State Hermitage, a translator from the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, a laureate of the State Prize, the author of the books “Gilgamesh and Enkida”, “From the beginning of the beginning”, “Eagle and a snake”. Her translations were printed in the collections: “I will reveal to you the innermost word”, “The lyrical poetry of the ancient East”, etc. Along with this, V. Afanasyev is the author of poetic books “Behind the Drawn Glass”, “Time and Place”. Her poems were published in the magazines “22” (Israel), “Arion”, “Literary Georgia”.
The Pyatinet World is the most complete collection of poetic works by Veronika Afanasyeva. Of the verses written in different years, a peculiar poetic diary has developed, reflecting the main stages of the poet’s life, filled with spiritual searches, love, passion, joy of being, bitterness of loss. But behind the personal experiences of the author, the reader inevitably opens up a powerful, tragic image of the era, intellectual and TV …
Author
Afanasyeva Veronika Konstantinovna
Publisher
Aquarius, 2013
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