Bella Akhmadulina

Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: ´ (´) ´ ´, 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer and translator known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. Akhmadulina was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language when she was alive.. Russian poet