Marina Tsvetaeva was Russian and Soviet poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in Twentieth century Russian literature. Marina was born in Moscow. Her father - a professor of Fine Art Of University of Moscow who later founded museum of Arts. Her mother – was a concert pianist. In 1902 because of mother illness they move to Nervi. In 1904 she was sent to school in Lausanne change In residence led to several in school and learn different languages , Italian, French, and German. She gave up the musical studies and turned to poetry. In 1908 In aged 16, Marina studied literacy history At Sorbonne. Her own first collection of poem self published in 1910 ,promoted her considerable Reputation as a poet. Her early poetry was held to be insipid compare to her later work. She began Spending time in Black Sea resort ,which was a well known haven for writers, poets and artists at Resort she met her husband. She was 19 he 18. In 1912 they got married. Her two daughter in 1912 and 1917. Tsvetaeva was a close e witness of the Russian Revolution. After 1917 revolution she returned to Moscow. She Wrote six plays in verse and narrative poem. Between 1917 – 1922 she wrote the epic Verse about the civil war, the Moscow famine was to exact a toll on Marina. She had no way to support her self and her daughters. In 1919 she placed both girls in state orphanage , mistakenly believing that they would be better fed there. One of her daughter died of starvation in 1920. The child’s death Couse Tsventaeva great grief and regret. In one letter. She wrote “God punished me”. During this Years she maintained a close and friendship with the actress Sofia Holiday for whom she wrote a Number of plays. Many years later she would write the novella ”Poveste o solnecheke” about her Friendship with actress Holiday. In 1922 Tsvetaeva left Russia and were reunited with husband in Berlin. There she published the collection. Separation poems and the poem the Tsar Maiden. In 1922 The family moved to Prague. In 1925 the family settled in Paris, where they would live for next 14 Years. At about this time Tsvetaeva contracted tuberculosis Marina received a stipend from Czechoslovak government witch gave financial support to artists. In addition ,she tried to make what ever she could from reading and sales of her work. She began to look back to look back at even the Prague times and resent her led state more deeply. In 1937 she returned to the Soviet Union . In 1939 She retuned to Moscow. She suffered greatly in Stalin’s Russia. Marina found that all doors had closed The established soviet writers to help her. Her husband was shot 1941.In 1941 she were evacuated to Elabuga this Tartar autonomous republic. In 1941 she wrote to her son that she could live any more and explain to him that I found myself in trap. The last days marina, local NKVD a department tried to Force Tsvetaeva to start working as their informant which left her no chose other than to commit suicide Marina Tsvetaeva was buried in Yelabuga cemetery 1941. In the town of Yelabuga the Tsvetavea house is now a museum and monument stands to her. Much of her poetry was republished In Soviet Union after 1961 and her passionate, articulate and precise work brought her increasing recognition as a major poet. Tsvetaev’s poetry was admired by poets. She is the unique case in witch Spiritual experience transformed into the material of art. Her work was describes as such a warm poet So unbridled in her passion , so vulnerable in her love poetry. Her poetic brilliance on the altar of her Heart’s experience with the faith of true to that faith of true romantic of lived emotion. She stayed True to that fait to the triages end of her life. A lot of her work translated a great deal of Tsvetaeva’ prose in English.

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