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Osip Mandelʹshtam

14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938

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Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (Russian: Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school. Osip Mandelstam was arrested during the repression of the 1930s and sent into internal exile with his wife, Nadezhda Mandelstam. Given a reprie…

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Poetry

Also Known As

Osip Mandel'shtam, Osip Mandelshtam, Ossip Mandelstam, Osip Emil'evich Mandel'shtam, Osip Mandelstam, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, Ossip Emiljewitsch Mandelstam, Ósip Mandelstam

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  • What is Osip Mandelstam best known for?

    Osip Mandelstam is primarily known as a prominent figure of the Acmeist movement in Russian poetry, which emphasized clarity, precision, and a return to the material world.

  • Are there any memoirs about Osip Mandelstam?

    His wife, Nadezhda Mandelstam, wrote two influential memoirs, "Hope Against Hope" and "Hope Abandoned," which chronicle their life together and his persecution during the Soviet era.