Vasilyeva Larisa Nikolaevna is a famous Russian poetess, writer and public figure. During her long life, she managed to publish more than 20 books, many of which became bestsellers in Russia. But what do we know about this woman? What is her fate? And what motivated her to embark on the path of a writer?
Vasilyeva Larisa Nikolaevna: the childhood of the poetess
The future poetess was born on November 23, 1935 in Kharkov. Her parents were engineers, which subsequently played an important role both in the life of the girl herself and in the fate of her native country. After all, the first difficulties began even before Larisa had time to grow up - the roar of a terrifying war was heard all over the world.
The only good thing was that the head of the family was not taken to the front, as his talent was needed elsewhere. He, along with other engineers, worked on the creation of new weapons for the Soviet troops. By the way, they did it well - the father of Larisa Vasilyeva helped design the T-34 tank. Later she will describe in detail the whole way of creatingthis powerful weapon in one of his books.
Young years
After the end of the war, life gradually returned to normal. After graduating from school, Larisa Vasilyeva entered the Moscow State Institute. Lomonosov, at the Faculty of Philology. It was here that she met her future husband Oleg Vasiliev.
Their relationship developed rapidly. As the poetess herself admitted, she fell in love with a slender young man at first sight. She was well aware that she wanted to live the rest of her days only with this man. Therefore, in January 1957, straight to Epiphany, the young couple got married. A year later, they received their diplomas and began a long journey to the alleys of fame.
The birth of the talent of the poetess
When did Larisa Vasilyeva create her first work? She began writing poetry at an early age, which greatly pleased her parents. As for the first memory associated with poetry, it refers to the age of six. Then a very little girl wrote a poem that became an ornament for one of the pages of the Pionerskaya Pravda newspaper.
Later, the parents decided to send the works of their daughter to the poetess Anna Akhmatova, so that she would give them a fair assessment. Alas, the criticism of the woman was very harsh, but, as the writer herself assures, very motivating. And indeed, despite the failure, the girl continued to work on improving her writing talent.
But how the accomplished poetessVasilyeva Larisa became famous only at the beginning of 1957. Perhaps the impetus for this was her marriage, which brought a flurry of new emotions into the life of the girl and made her take a fresh look at the world. At the same time, the writer's poems instantly dispersed through the pages of publications known at that time. For example, her works were published in the magazines Yunost, Moskva, Molodaya Gvardiya and so on.
If we talk about the nature of her works, then first of all they are focused on the inner world of a person: his experiences, aspirations and struggle. In addition, Larisa Vasilyeva often writes about her love for Russia, her nature and the people who live in her wonderful lands. In general, more than 20 collections of poems came out from under her hand, which were published both in Russian and in English.
Larisa Vasilyeva: books
The first book of the writer was published in 1985. It was a collection of stories about the history of England called Albion and the Mystery of Time. Her next work was the autobiographical story “The Book of the Father. Novel-memory. It was she who brought fame to Vasilyeva, as she resonated in the hearts of thousands of people.
However, Larisa Vasilyeva herself believes that the perestroika era was the turning point in her career. It was during this period that she retrained from a poetess to a writer-historian. Her main bestseller was the book "Kremlin Wives", which was published in 1994. The success was so overwhelming that soon the writer was flooded with letters from fans urging her to continue this series.
Vasilyevalistened to the request of her readers and soon released several more similar books: "Tales of Love" (1995) and "Children of the Kremlin" (1996). The latter has been translated into many languages and is in demand not only in Europe but also in Asia. After such a furor, Larisa Vasilyeva finally switched to journalism, leaving poetry to young talents.
