Novella Matveyeva Explained

Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (ru|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).

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. 5

Notes and References

1. Русские советские писатели. Поэты. Биобиблиограрфический указатель. Т.13. М., 1990. С.527
2. News: Умерла Новелла Матвеева. 5 September 2016. Colta.ru. 5 September 2016.
3. http://www.bards.ru/Matveeva_N/ "Матвеева Новелла Николаевна"
4. http://www.bard.ru/html/Matveeva_N..htm "Матвеева Новелла Николаевна"
5. Web site: The poet Novella Matveeva has died on 82-m to year of life . 2016-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915224813/http://true-news.info/the-poet-novella-matveeva-has-died-on-82-m-to-year-of-life/ . 2016-09-15 . dead .
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20091124113918/http://www.booksite.ru/department/center/gon/premia9.htm "ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПУШКИНСКАЯ ПРЕМИЯ РОССИИ"
7. http://lenta.ru/culture/2003/06/06/state/ "Присуждены Государственные премии в области литературы и искусства"