Oktyabrina Voronova

Oktyabrina Vladimirovna Voronova (née Matryokhina, Russian: Октябрина Владимировна Воронова, née Матрёхина, 5 October 1934 Chalmny-Varre, Murmansk Okrug, USSR – 16 June 1990, Revda, Murmansk Oblast, USSR) was the first Soviet poet of Sámi origin to write a poetry collection in a Sámi language in Russia.[2] Voronova wrote in both Russian and Ter Sámi.[1] She was living in Revda[1] at the time of her death.

Oktyabrina Voronova
Born	Oktyabrina Vladimirovna Matryokhina 5 October 1934 Chalmny-Varre, Murmansk Okrug, USSR
Died	16 June 1990 (aged 55)[1] Revda, Murmansk Oblast, USSR
Occupation	Poet
Language	Russian, Ter Sámi
Alma mater	A. I. Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute Research Institute of National Schools
Spouse	Vyacheslav Voronov

Early life and education

Matryokhina was born on 5 October 1934 in the village of Chalmny-Varre, Murmansk Okrug, USSR,[1] the eldest of six children born into the reindeer-herding family[3] of Klavdiya Grigoryevna Matryohkina[4] (Russian: Клавдия Григорьевна Матрёхина) and Vladimir Mikhailovich Matryokhin (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Матрёхин). Her mother was from a Sámi family of hunters and her father was Russian, from a family of Orthodox priests from Lovozero. Her younger sister Iraida Vinogradova is famous as a poet in her own right. Her other younger sister is the linguist T. V. Matryokhina.

In 1958, Matryokhina graduated from the A. I. Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. While still a student at the Pedagogical Institute, she went on linguistic expeditions to the Kola Peninsula, along with G. M. Kert and other fellow students.[5]

After graduating, she taught Russian language and literature at a school in Lovozero while also being enrolled in graduate school at the Research Institute of National Schools (Russian: Научно-исследовательский институт национальных школ). She completed her classes by correspondence, graduating from the institute in 1980. Around this time, she married Vyacheslav Voronov, whom she had met in Leningrad. In 1985, the couple moved to Revda and Voronova started work as a librarian at the Central Library of Revda where she worked until 1990.[1]

Death

Voronova died on 16 June 1990 at the age of 55.[1] She is buried in Lovozero.[6]

Honors

In 1995, the Voronova Museum of Sámi Literature and Writing was founded. In 2006, the Voronova Prize was created.

Bibliography

• Снежница (translated into Russian by the poet Vladimir Smirnov). – Murmansk, 1986.
• Вольная птица (translated into Russian by the poet Vladimir Smirnov). – Murmansk, 1987.
• Чахкли (translated into Russian by the poets Stanislav Dorokhov and Vladimir Smirnov). – Murmansk, 1988.
• Я̄лла (in Ter Sámi with translations in Russian). – Murmansk, 1991.

Posthumous works:[1]

• Поле жизни. — Murmansk, 1995.
• Тайна Бабьего суда. — St. Petersburg, 1995.
• Хочу остаться на земле. — Murmansk, 1995.

Scientific contributions:

• «Образцы диалектных текстов (Саамский язык)» (together with M. K. Grigoryevna and T. V. Matryokhina) // Прибалтийско-финское языкознание. Выпуск 5. Вопросы взаимодействия Прибалтийско-Финских языков с иностемными языками. К 80-летию со дня рождения Д. В. Бубриха. — Leningrad, 1971. pp. 158–166.
• Саамский язык: учебник и книга для чтения для 2-го класса (together with A. A. Antonova and E. N. Korkina). — Leningrad, 1990.

References

1. Воронова, Октябрина Владимировна // Большая биографическая энциклопедия.
2. Октябрина Владимировна Воронова Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine // Сайт Информационного центра Finugor. – August 1, 2011.
3. Воронова, Октябрина Владимировна (1989). Чахкли (in Russian). Мурманское книжное издательство.
4. Алмазова, А. В. "К юбилею О. В. Вороновой Первая саамская поэтесса" (in Russian). Государственный архив мурманской области. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
5. Керт, Г. М. 1991: "Заметки о саамской словености" // Проблемы литературы Карелии и Финляндии 2. Петрозаводск, pp. 22–31
6. Воронова Октябрина Владимировна // Кольская энциклопедия. В 5 т. Т. 1. А — Д / Гл. ред. А. А. Киселёв. — СПб. : ИС ; Апатиты : КНЦ РАН, 2008. — С. 428-429.

Further reading

• Rießler, Michael (2018). "Kola Sámi literature (Kildin Sámi, Ter Sámi, Akkala Sámi)". In: "Čálli giehta olla guhkás" A writing hand reaches further ({S}ámi proverb) Johanna Domokos (ed.). Helsinki: Yhdenvertaisen kulttuurin puolesta ry, pp. 73–78.
• Sergejeva, Jelena (1995). “Oktjabrina Voronova. The first Kola Sami writer”. In: On the terms of Northern women. Articles written by women researchers in Finland, Russia, Samiland and Sweden. Sinikka Tuohimaa, Nina Työlahti, and Asbjörg Fyhn (eds.). Oulu: Oulun yliopisto, pp. 148–152.