Maria Prokopyevna Fedotova-Nulgynet (russian: Мария Прокопьевна Федотова-Нулгынэт) (born December 31, 1946) is an Evenk poet, children's writer, and storyteller. Born in the

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...

, Fedotova-Nulgynet began writing during her childhood, publishing her poetry in a variety of local and regional newspapers. She studied locally before traveling to the village of

Khonuu Khonuu (russian: Хонуу; sah, Хонуу, ''Xonuu'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Momsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River. Population: Geography K ...

to further her education. She graduated from high school in 1971, and in 1988 finished her degree ''in absentia'' from

Yakutsk State University The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian language, Russian: ''Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова''; in Sakha_languag ...

. For many years she worked as a teacher in

Momsky District Momsky District (russian: Момский улу́с; sah, Муома улууһа, ''Muoma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...

; it was during this time that she conducted a literary circle for students, which led to the publication of her first book in 1994. She writes in Evenk, Yakut, and

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, and has won a variety of awards for her books. Her work deals with the inner lives of children, and has been translated.

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