Maria Arbatova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maria Arbatova

Russian and Soviet writer, politician and feminist

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1957

Place of Birth: Murom, Vladimir Oblast, Russia

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, politician, playwright, translator, public figure, television presenter, journalist, radio personality, prosaist, presenter, opinion journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Maria Arbatova

  • Maria Ivanovna Arbatova (Russian: ????´? ???´????? ????´????, born 17 July 1957), is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician, and one of Russia's most widely known feminists in the 1990s.
  • When growing up, she was already showing strong controversial ideologies, for instance, she refused to join the Young Communist League, for she preferred to be "a hippy".
  • She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Moscow State University, in the Dramatic Arts division of the Gorky Literary Institute, and underwent training in psychoanalysis.
  • She had to leave state university of Moscow "due to ideological conflicts." When she was 19, she became a mother of twins, which complicated her educational processes.
  • She continued studying at the Maxim Gorky Literature institute.
  • After finishing her studies, Maria published some prose and poetry works, however she returned to writing drama, as she claims it is more natural expression for her than other genres.
  • In the pre-perestroika years, the years before 1985, her literary works were banned by censorship.
  • Before glasnost and perestroika, the political program of restructuring and openness of Michail Gorbatsjov, Arbatova had just one play staged, a play that was commissioned.
  • An example of a play that was censored is the play called "Equitation with two knowns".
  • It was banned by the ministry of culture for 10 years.
  • The play is about a female genealogist performing abortions.
  • The play was misinterpreted as a statement of good or bad of abortion.
  • However the purpose of the play is to bring up the unfair share of responsibility for birth control and child-raising.
  • Nowadays Arbatova is a member of the Moscow Writer's Union and the Union of Theatrical Workers of Russia.
  • She is the author of fourteen plays staged in Russia and abroad, twenty books, and numerous articles in newspapers and periodicals.
  • She has received multiple accolades for her literary and public achievements.

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