Natalya Romanova is a poetess, critic, and laureate of the Grigorievsky Poetry Prize. She is the creator of the author’s methodology of teaching the Russian language “Without rules”.
Childhood, youth
Natalya Romanova was born on September 2, 1957 in the city of Slutsk (Belarus). Her real name is Tsai. Her dad was Korean, and her mother was Russian. At school, Natalia studied well. She was a little complex about her specific non-Slavic appearance, but she was always friends with classmates and does not remember being teased about this.
Romanova spent a lot of time with her grandmother, who had a rare talent for writing poetry. When Natasha was 9 years old, she brought grandmother's poems to school and passed them off as works of her own composition. Poems were published in the newspaper and it became popular not only among children from parallel classes, but also throughout Belarus. Even pioneers from Bulgaria wanted to correspond and make friends with her. Natalya recalls. how bright glossy cards were sent to her. In their hometown, they were a real wonder.
The deception lasted several years and Natalia was not exposed. Romanova even went to Artek, where she was sent as the famous poetess-child prodigy. Natalia was terribly afraid that she would be asked to compose something and the deception would reveal. Closer to high school, she was tired of it and she moved to another school, other hobbies appeared.
In 1980, Romanova graduated from the philological faculty of Leningrad State University. She worked as a journalist in a factory edition. In 1987, Natalia graduated from the medical department of the First Medical Institute. By profession, she is a neurophysiologist. Studying as a doctor, Romanova could not even imagine in which area she would have to apply her knowledge.
Career
Natalya Romanova is a diverse and multifaceted person. After receiving 2 higher education, she still chose the career of a writer. Since 1970, she has been writing poetry and literary essays. In 1975-1976, Romanova, together with V. Ballaev, published the journal Severomurinskaya Bee. Natalia tried her hand at the lyrics, but she did not like the result. The works seemed to her extremely unsuccessful. Romanova calls verses of that time “hormonal lyrics”, characteristic of many young girls. Critics also did not appreciate her first poetic work.
The first published book by Natalia was "The Obsession Machine". Working on her writing, Romanova paid tribute to European postmodernism. Natalia considers herself a conceptualist in literature. Before writing a book, she sets herself a clear task and does not recognize serial works. Each literary work is independent for her. Before writing something, he thinks about what the target audience will be, what should interest its readers.
The book "Public Songs" Natalia calls the first serious book, which she was not ashamed to show to her family and friends. She later wrote several more works. One of them received an obscene name and was designed for a teenage audience. At the time, the publication had the effect of an exploding bomb on representatives of creative professions. Some criticized Romanova not only for using foul language, but also for writing a book in a language that was not quite clear. But Natalya considered the charges in vain. The book was written for teenagers using a certain slang. This explains that the book may seem strange to adults.
One of the earliest works of Romanova steel:
- "Li Hu Nam. Painted Wall" (1999);
- "Public Songs" (1999);
- "Song of an angel on a needle" (2001).
Critics praised these books. Natalia has her fans, admirers of her talent.
Of the latest works of Romanova, it is worth noting the books:
- "Turkey" (2009);
- "Cannibalism" (2015);
- "Atrocity" (2015).
In 2012, Romanova became a laureate of the Grigorievsky Poetry Prize.
In 1992, Natalia opened the Romanov Literacy School in St. Petersburg. The basis of the training is its author’s methodology “Without rules”. The school continues to exist successfully until now. Having a higher medical education, Natalya was able to explain why literacy education is difficult for some people. The reason is attention deficit, cerebral dysfunction - dysgraphia, immaturity of speech systems of the cerebral cortex.
Combining her knowledge of neurophysiology and linguistics, Romanova began to study with students, bypassing the school curriculum. Its unique technique allows any native speaker of the Russian language who has reached the age of 13-14 years to find perfect literacy. Training is not long. The desired result can be achieved in just a few months. Natalia personally conducts classes at her school and helps both teenagers and adults learn spelling without memorizing the rules.
