Anisimova Domna Anisimovna

( "Blind Domani") Born in 1812, the daughter of the sexton. The fifth year of smallpox and nearly blind. This alienated her from the children: she loved the solitude and the old stories about the past, as well as reading books and worship. When she was 12 years old, she read "Twelve sleeping virgins" Zhukovsky. This ballad has made such an impression on her that she had lost sleep. Since then she has been a desire to compose poetry. A. tried to hide their work, but the rumor of them came to the police officer, who wished to A. described the rural harvest. One night she composed a fairly long poem, which the police captain, along with others, introduced the governor and the governor - the Minister of Education. Academy, where they were transferred to the Minister, sent her various books and 100 rubles. Her poems were printed in 400 copies. Until his death a. received a subsidy of 40 rubles per month. 20 years A. permanently blind. And Poems. written quite a literary language, in compliance with all rules of the metric. Their distinctive features - a love of nature, resignation, and well-developed religious feeling.