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mandelstam

/ˈmændəlstæm/

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noun

/ˈmændəlstæm/C1formal
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к Осипу Мандельштаму, русскому поэту-акмеисту, арестованному во время сталинских репрессий и умершему в лагере в 1938 году.

A proper noun referring to Osip Mandelstam, a Russian poet of the Acmeist movement who was arrested during Stalin's purges and died in a prison camp in 1938.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. C1formal

    Osip Mandelstam, a prominent Russian poet and essayist of the Silver Age, known for his complex, allusive poetry and tragic death in a Soviet prison camp.

    ruРусский поэт

    • Mandelstam's poem 'The Stalin Epigram' led to his arrest.
    • Scholars continue to analyze Mandelstam's 'Stone' collection.
    • His wife, Nadezhda Mandelstam, preserved his work through memory.