Anna Pavlovna Nerkagi
She was born on February 15, 1951 in the village of Laborovaya in the Priuralsky district of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Tyumen Region. In 1970, she graduated from a boarding school in the village of Aksarka in the Priuralsky district and entered the geological exploration faculty of the Tyumen Industrial Institute (at that time the only student at the university). For health reasons, she completed only two courses. While studying at the institute, she began writing poetry.
In 1972, she met the chairman of the Tyumen regional writers' organization K. Ya. Lagunov. Sensing an outstanding, original talent in the young Nenka, Konstantin Yakovlevich took her under his care — mentored her in creativity, supported her in difficult life situations: helped with treatment, got a job, helped solve the housing issue. In 1975−1976, Nerkagi worked as a methodologist in the Tyumen Regional Department of Culture. At this time, stories were written about the people of the tundra, about the affairs and people of the Arctic. In 1976. Ural magazine published the first novel by the writer — "Aniko from the family of Nogo", which was highly appreciated at the sixth All-Union meeting of young writers. A year later, the story was published in the publishing house "Molodaya Gvardiya" in a hundred thousand copies. In 1978, Anna Pavlovna was accepted into the Union of Writers of the USSR. In 1979, Nerkaga’s second novel Ilir was published in Ural magazine. While working on the third book "The White Yagel" (the book was filmed in 2014, dir. Vladimir Menshov) went on a creative business trip to the tundra, to her native Arctic, and unexpectedly stayed there forever. She worked in a team of reindeer herders, headed cultural and mass work. In 1996, the Tyumen publishing house "SoftDesign", with a circulation of ten thousand copies, released one of the most famous collections of novels, the book "The Silent One". In 2014, Anna Pavlovna’s book "Wise Sayings of the Nenets people: A collection of wise thoughts, tips, rules and warnings on the nomadic Road of Life" was published. It sets out the views reflecting the spirituality of the Nenets people. In small novels, addressed to a wide range of readers, but still to their children.
Currently, Anna Nerkagi lives and works in her native Polar Urals, in the Laborovaya trading post, in the north-west of the Yamalo-Nenets District. Winner of many literary prizes. Honorary citizen of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
In 1972, she met the chairman of the Tyumen regional writers' organization K. Ya. Lagunov. Sensing an outstanding, original talent in the young Nenka, Konstantin Yakovlevich took her under his care — mentored her in creativity, supported her in difficult life situations: helped with treatment, got a job, helped solve the housing issue. In 1975−1976, Nerkagi worked as a methodologist in the Tyumen Regional Department of Culture. At this time, stories were written about the people of the tundra, about the affairs and people of the Arctic. In 1976. Ural magazine published the first novel by the writer — "Aniko from the family of Nogo", which was highly appreciated at the sixth All-Union meeting of young writers. A year later, the story was published in the publishing house "Molodaya Gvardiya" in a hundred thousand copies. In 1978, Anna Pavlovna was accepted into the Union of Writers of the USSR. In 1979, Nerkaga’s second novel Ilir was published in Ural magazine. While working on the third book "The White Yagel" (the book was filmed in 2014, dir. Vladimir Menshov) went on a creative business trip to the tundra, to her native Arctic, and unexpectedly stayed there forever. She worked in a team of reindeer herders, headed cultural and mass work. In 1996, the Tyumen publishing house "SoftDesign", with a circulation of ten thousand copies, released one of the most famous collections of novels, the book "The Silent One". In 2014, Anna Pavlovna’s book "Wise Sayings of the Nenets people: A collection of wise thoughts, tips, rules and warnings on the nomadic Road of Life" was published. It sets out the views reflecting the spirituality of the Nenets people. In small novels, addressed to a wide range of readers, but still to their children.
Currently, Anna Nerkagi lives and works in her native Polar Urals, in the Laborovaya trading post, in the north-west of the Yamalo-Nenets District. Winner of many literary prizes. Honorary citizen of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.