{{Short description|Russian poet (born 1982)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{expand Russian|topic=bio|date=March 2019}} {{infobox person| |name = Maria Markova |native_name = Мария Маркова |native_name_lang= ru |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|2|5|df=y}} |birth_place = Mys Shmidta, Soviet Union |image =Maria Markova.JPG |caption = Markova in 2008 |occupation = Poet |alma_mater = Vologda State Pedagogical University |website = {{url|mmavochka.livejournal.com}} |awards = Prize of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Cultural Figures }} '''Maria Markova''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Александровна Маркова}}; born 5 February 1982) is a Russian poet.
==Biography== She was born in 1982, in Mys Shmidta in Siberia, Soviet Union. In her early childhood, she moved to the Vologda Oblast. Markova started writing poetry very early. In 2005-2007 she published two small brochures (without any success), but a little later few journal publications have brought her fame. In 2008 she joined the Union of Russian Writers. Most authoritative Russian literary magazines published her works (''Znamya'', ''Literaturnaya Gazeta'', ''Druzhba narodov'' etc.). [[File:Medvedev and Markova.jpeg|thumb|Markova in 2011 receiving the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Cultural Figures from president Dmitry Medvedev at the Grand Kremlin Palace]] From 2008 to 2010, Maria Markova received few prestigious literary awards, including the personal Grant of the Russian Ministry of Culture. In 2011, Markova received the Presidential Award for young art workers "for her contribution to the traditions of Russian poetry".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/2481|title=Report on the Kremlin Web-Site}}</ref> In the same year she was recognized as a "Writer of the Year" by the magazine "Rendez-vous".
In 2012, Markova published her first book ''Solominka'' ''(The Straw).''
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== External links == * [http://news.kremlin.ru/ref_notes/981 Maria Markova on the Web-Site of President of Russia] {{In lang|ru}} * [http://magazines.russ.ru/authors/m/mmarkova/ Publications of works in literary magazines] {{In lang|ru}} {{authority control}}
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