Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet, essayist, translator, and memoirist. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a Jewish family. Mandelstam's poetry is characterized by its formal experimentation, its use of metaphor, and its exploration of themes such as history, culture, and the nature of poetry.
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