Vera Polozkova

Vera Polozkova is a Russian poet and performer born in Moscow in 1986, widely regarded as the most important poetic voice of her generation in Russia. She first gained widespread attention through her personal blog in the early 2000s, which attracted hundreds of thousands of readers and established her as a phenomenon in the Russian literary landscape. Her poetry — passionate, intimate, and shot through with vivid imagery — speaks to themes of love, identity, loss, and the experience of contemporary womanhood. She performs her poetry live with musical accompaniment, creating shows that combine literature and performance in uniquely powerful ways. Her appearance at the Pattihio Theatre in Limassol brought Russian poetic culture to one of Cyprus's most important theatrical stages.