births
April 10, 1937
Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (died 2010)
Bella Akhmadulina
Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina 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. She was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. She is known in Russia as "the voice of the epoch".