Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (Russian: Новелла Николаевна Матвеева; 7 October 1934 in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg – 4 September 2016, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist.[1][2][3][4]
Novella was the cousin of poet Ivan Matveyev (Elagin). Her first collection of poetry was published in 1961, the same year she was admitted to the Union of Soviet Writers.[1]
From the end of the 1950s, Matveyeva composed songs to her poetry and performed them, accompanying herself on a seven-string guitar.
Matveyeva died on 4 September 2016 at the age of 81.[5]
Awards
In 1998, Matveyeva received the Russian State Pushkin Prize in poetry,[6] and in 2002, she received the Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Arts for her poetry collection Jasmine.[7]
Books
- Swallow's School «Ласточкина школа» (1973)
- River «Река» (1978)
- The Law of Songs «Закон песен» (1983)
- Land of the Tide «Страна прибоя» (1983)
- Rabbit Village «Кроличья деревня» (1984)
- Selected «Избранное» (1986)
- Praise to Work «Хвала работе» (1987)
- Unbreakable Circle «Нерасторжимый круг» (1991)
- A Melody for the Guitar «Мелодия для гитары» (1998)
- Cassette of Dreams «Кассета снов» (1998)
- Sonnets «Сонеты» (1999)
- Caravan «Караван» (2000)
- Jasmine «Жасмин»(2011).
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