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
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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:
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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
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*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.
References
1946 births
Living people
Evenks
People from Ust-Yansky District
Russian women poets
Russian children's writers
Russian women children's writers
Russian schoolteachers
20th-century Russian poets
20th-century Russian educators
20th-century Russian women writers
21st-century Russian poets
21st-century Russian educators
21st-century Russian women writers
North-Eastern Federal University alumni
20th-century women educators
21st-century women educators
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