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Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (russian: Новелла Николаевна Матвеева; 7 October 1934 in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg – 4 September 2016,
"Присуждены Государственные премии в области литературы и искусства"
Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (russian: Новелла Николаевна Матвеева; 7 October 1934 in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg – 4 September 2016, Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
) was a Russian bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...
, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist
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.''Русские советские писатели. Поэты.'' Биобиблиограрфический указатель. Т.13. М., 1990. С.527
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.
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.
Awards
In 1998, Matveyeva received theRussian State Pushkin Prize
The Pushkin Prize (russian: Пушкинская премия) was established in 1881 in literature, 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). The prize was awarded to the ...
in poetry, and in 2002, she received the Russian Federation State Prize in Literature and Arts for her poetry collection ''Jasmine''.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).References
Further reading
* Медынский Г. Песенная поэзия Новеллы Матвеевой, «Юность», 1966, No. 7 * Приходько В. Душа и плоть поэзии, «Дружба народов», 1967, No. 2. * Рунин Б. Далёкое и близкое. «Новый мир», 1964, No. 5External links
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