Natalia Romanova is a poetess, critic, laureate of the Grigoriev Poetic Prize. She is the creator of the author's method of teaching the Russian language "Without rules".
Childhood, adolescence
Natalia 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. Natalia studied well at school. She was a little complex about her specific non-Slavic appearance, but she was always friends with her 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 her grandmother's poems to school and passed them off as works of her own composition. The poems were published in a newspaper and it became popular not only among children from parallel classes, but throughout Belarus. Even the pioneers from Bulgaria wanted to correspond and make friends with her. Natalia remembers. how bright glossy postcards were sent to her. In their hometown, they were a real wonder.
The deception lasted for several years and Natalia was not exposed. Romanova even went to Artek, where she was sent as a famous poet-prodigy. Natalya was terribly afraid that she would be asked to compose something and the deception would be revealed. Closer to high school, she got tired of it and she moved to another school, other hobbies appeared.
In 1980, Romanova graduated from the philological faculty of the Leningrad State University. She worked as a journalist for a large-circulation factory publication. In 1987 Natalia graduated from the medical department of the First Medical Institute. She is a neurophysiologist by profession. While studying to be a doctor, Romanova could not even imagine in which area she would have to apply the acquired knowledge.
Career
Natalia Romanova is a versatile and multifaceted person. Having received 2 higher educations, 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 Beele". Natalia tried her hand at lyrics, but she did not like the result. The works seemed to her extremely unsuccessful. Romanova calls the poems of that time "hormonal lyrics" characteristic of many young girls. Critics also did not appreciate her first poetic works.
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 over what the target audience will be, what should interest her readers.
Natalia calls the book "Public Songs" the first serious book, which she was not ashamed to show to her relatives and friends. She later wrote several more works. One of them received an obscene name and was designed for a teenage audience. At that time, this publication had the effect of an exploding bomb on representatives of the creative professions. Some criticized Romanova not only for using obscene expressions, but also for writing a book in an incomprehensible language. But Natalya considered the accusations in vain. The book was written for teenagers using a certain slang. This explains why the book may seem strange to adults.
Some of the early works of Romanova were:
- "Lee Hu Nam. Painted Wall" (1999);
- "Public Songs" (1999);
- "Song of the Angel on the Needle" (2001).
Critics praised these books. Natalia has her fans, admirers of her talent.
Of the latest works of Romanova, it is worth especially noting the books:
- "Turkey" (2009);
- Cannibalism (2015);
- "Atrocity" (2015).
In 2012, Romanova became a laureate of the Grigoriev Poetic Prize.
In 1992 Natalia opened the Romanov Literacy School in St. Petersburg. The training is based on her author's methodology "No rules". The school continues to exist successfully to this day. Having a higher medical education, Natalya was able to explain why some people find it difficult to teach literacy. The reason is attention deficit, cerebral dysfunction - dysgraphia, immaturity of the speech systems of the cerebral cortex.
Combining knowledge of neurophysiology and linguistics, Romanova began to study with students bypassing the school curriculum. Her unique methodology allows any native speaker of the Russian language who has reached the age of 13-14 to acquire perfect literacy. The training is not lengthy. The desired result can be achieved in just a few months. Natalia personally teaches classes at her school and helps both teenagers and adults to learn spelling without memorizing the rules.
Personal life
The personal life of Natalia Romanova was very stormy. She had many hobbies and 2 official marriages. The second marriage was successful. Natalia's husband helps her in business. He is actively involved in all of her projects and administers the Romanov Literacy School in St. Petersburg.
Natalia has sons - Gleb and Platon. She considers herself not a very good mother. Creativity and career were central to her life. Little time was left for the sons. The poet's uncle helped to bring them up. In her youth, Natalya was very fond of communicating with poets, musicians, punks and other creative personalities, she often attended various events. Over time, the family came to the fore. But Romanova remains a cheerful, a little chaotic and irascible lover of noisy companies and meetings with friends.
