I Really Wanted the Sun

Maria Averina is a writer and poet from Russia. She was born on August 18, 1985, and now lives and works in Moscow. Maria graduated from several educational institutions, earning qualifications as a primary school teacher, an art teacher, and a geography teacher. She also completed a Master’s and PhD program in philology.

Maria is a graduate of the Russian Theatre School, Department “Theory of Verse and Prose,” and a member of several literary associations in Moscow. She works in education, teaching literature at various educational institutions.

In addition, Maria moderates a literary blog on social media and leads a literary project at university. Her poems have been published in several journals, and her debut novel “The Human Contour: The World Under the Table” was nominated for several literary awards.

Maria Averina’s works are a kind of “secret” that will be revealed only to a thoughtful reader. Her style is an inheritance of Russian classical literature, and her texts are written in an easy, modern language and contain genuine humor.