Arsenyeva Elena (real name Elena Glushko) is a rather popular Russian writer. In addition to literary activities, Elena is a professional philologist and screenwriter. Want to know more about the work and life of this writer? Welcome to our article!
Biography
The future writer was born on September 17, 1952 in the Russian city of Khabarovsk. The girl graduated from the philological faculty at the local pedagogical institute. Later, Elena received a second education: the girl graduated in absentia from the scenario faculty of a rather prestigious institution - the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov.
Later Arsenyev Elena worked on Khabarovsk television. The girl was the editor of children's and youth shows on the local channel. After some time, Elena, due to her passion for literature, changes her place of work. The girl gets a position in a renowned art magazine called "Far East". Later, the writer works in one of the book publishers of Khabarovsk.
At the end of the 1980s, Arsenyev Elena moved to Nizhny Novgorod. There she becomes one of the regional representatives of the Young Guard organization. In 1989, Elena became a full member of the Writers' Union.
Creation
Elena’s first publication is a small novel entitled “Not a Wife,” which was published in the journal Far East, where the writer worked. The trial of Elena’s pen would have gone unnoticed if it had not been for the critic from the popular newspaper Literary Russia, who reviewed the work of young writers from the Far East and Siberia. The article about the novel “Not a Wife” was devastating.
The critic mercilessly trampled the first literary experience of Elena. Nevertheless, the girl did not give up. She continued her literary work. Thus, Elena already a couple of months after the devastating review brings to the publisher her new book, entitled "The Last Snow of April." This work is a collection of poems that have been written by Elena over the past few years.
Early stage
Initially, Elena Arsenyeva wrote in a realistic and documentary style. However, the writer soon changed her style of writing. Seriously carried away by folklore and fairy tales, Elena completely switched to science fiction. The girl wrote a number of fabulous fantastic stories. The most interesting and popular are the Constellation of Visions, Blue Cedar and Athenaor Metter Porfirol. In the fantastic works of Arsenyeva, the harsh reality with author's fiction is very organically and competently intertwined. Thus, in the worlds created by Elena, not only ordinary people live, but also wizards, dragons, and even aliens from other universes.
Arsenyeva Elena: books
Starting from the 90s, Grushko’s work can be used to trace another leap. Elena stops writing science fiction stories and starts releasing ladies' novels. At that time it was a pretty popular genre. For this reason, the girl decided to change her literary image and try herself in a new role. Starting to write ladies' novels, Elena Grushko realized that she needed a creative pseudonym. She decided to replace her real name with Arsenyev - in honor of her father Arseny Vasiliev, who was a music teacher. Thus, Elena begins to write detective, historical and love affairs, which are designed for a female audience.
Series books
Arsenyeva wrote over two hundred books for her many years of literary work. In addition, the girl quite often changed the manner of writing. For this reason, in order not to once again confuse her readers, the writer made a conditional division of her works. In this part we will look at the main series of novels.
A series called "Detectives" contains novels that tell of the incredible adventures of Alena Dmitrieva. In essence and content, Arsenyeva’s detectives are very reminiscent of Dontsova’s female novels.
In the series "Historical novels", the writer talks about amazing love stories against the background of various eras. Elena is very scrupulous about her works. It is for this reason that Arsenyev recreates a certain historical era to the smallest detail.