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".
10 April 1937
Born on the same birth day (10 April): Andy Ram • Arnold Beckman • Audrey Whitby • Barkhad Abdi • Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) • Claire Wineland • Coenraad Hiebendaal • George Clawley • Helenio Herrera • Iván Alonso • James V of Scotland • John Houbolt • Junior Samples • Kenneth Noland • Lee Jung-seob • Leonidas Polk • Omar Sharif • Peter MacNicol • Priit Kasesalu • Willo Flood
Born in the same month (April 1937): Antonio Carluccio • Barry Shepherd • David Mills (cricketer) • Dick Radatz • Edward Fox (actor) • George Takei • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Jean-Pierre Beltoise • Jill Gascoine • John White (footballer, born 1937) • Joseph Lelyveld • Keiko Abe • Ronald Hamowy • Saddam Hussein • Seymour Hersh • Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood