On October 7, 1934, the short story was born, the poetess. Personal business Novella Nikolaevna Matveeva (80 years) was born in a children's village (now Pushkin) of the Leningrad Region. Her father, Nikolai Nikolaevich Matveev-Bodry, was a geographer, historian-local historian of the Far East and a full member of the All-Union Geographical Society. Mother, Malkova Nadezhda Timofeevna, taught literature, wrote poetry, was printed under the pseudonym of Matveeva-Orlenev.