**Osip Mandelstam *(1891-1938) was one of the most important Russian poets of the twentieth century. His other books include The Noise of Time *, The Egyptian Stamp, and Journey to Armenia. He was born in Warsaw, then under Russian rule, and died in one of Stalin's prison camps near Vladivostok. Rob...

**Osip Mandelstam *(1891-1938) was one of the most important Russian poets of the twentieth century. His other books include The Noise of Time *, The Egyptian Stamp, and Journey to Armenia. He was born in Warsaw, then under Russian rule, and died in one of Stalin's prison camps near Vladivostok. Robert Tracy (1928-2020) was an esteemed translator, literary critic, and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.