The Voronezh Workbooks by Osip Mandelstam trans. By Alistair Noon Nancy Gaffield 'A craftsman-poet of extraordinary ability'

'A craftsman-poet of extraordinary ability'

The two chief settings are New Zealand

At its heart is a series of poems about the desolation of miscarriage

and into its afterlife

The Voronezh Workbooks by Osip Mandelstam trans. By Alistair Noon Nancy Gaffield 'A craftsman-poet of extraordinary ability'Osip Mandelstam spent three years in internal exile in the city of Voronezh, in south western Russia, after someone in his circle of acquaintances had informed the Soviet authorities of his "Stalin Epigram" in 1934. The ninety odd poems he wrote there are the pinnacle of his poetic achievement, bearing witness to Mandelstam's consistent independence of mind and concern for the freedom of thought. More covertly and controversially, however, they also