Natalya Medvedeva

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Natalya Medvedeva (Russian: Наталья Георгиевна Медведева) (1958-2003) was a Russian poet, writer, musician, and member of Tribunal rock band.

At the age of 17, Medvedeva moved to Los Angeles where she found work as a model, posing for Playboy and for the cover of The Cars' self-titled debut album in 1978.

She was married to Eduard Limonov, a controversial novelist and National Bolshevik party leader whom she met in 1982 in Los Angeles. Her LA period is depicted in her novel "Hotel California" (1989). In 1982, Medvedeva moved to Paris and became a piano bar singer. She wrote poetry, essays for French magazines, and published two novels in 1985 and 1987. In 1989 she participated in a collective poetry project "The Last 16 December 1989" together with poets Oleg Prokofiev and Anton Koslov[1]. This project was published as a book the same year by William Brui.

In October 1993 Medvedva initiated an appeal to end the siege of the White House (Russian parliament) organized by Boris Yeltsin. Open letter signed by a number of Russian artists and writers was published by the French press. In late 1993 Medvedeva, following Limonov, moved to Moscow. They divorced in 1994. In the late 1990s Medvedeva had a relationship with Serguei Vysokosov, the lead guitarist from "Korrozia Metalla." She recorded two albums in Russia - "Trubinal Natalii Medvedeoi" (Natalya Medvedeva's Tribunal) and "A U Nikh Byla Strast'" (Love Passion).

At the time of her death, Medvedeva was living in Moscow. She died in her sleep of a heart attack on February 3, 2003; she was 44. Her ashes were spread over St. Petersburg, Paris and Los Angeles.

[edit] Published Works

Mama, i︠a︡ zhulika li︠u︡bli︠u︡!: roman. New York: Russica Publishers, 1988, c1987. ISBN 0898301149
"Poslednee 16-e Dekabria 1989 goda", Atelier William Brui, Paris, 1989
Otelʹ "Kalifornii︠a︡": roman, rasskazy Moskva: Literaturno-khudozh. zhurnal "Glagol", 1992. ISBN 5875320087
Moi︠a︡ borʹba Belgorod: "Vspyshki", 1994. ISBN 5900303969
I︠A︡ rei︠u︡ znamenem--: stikhi Sankt-Peterburg: "Iskusstvo-SPB", 1995. ISBN 5210014789
Li︠u︡bovʹ s alkogolem; V strane chudes (Russkai︠a︡ tetradʹ) Belgorod: "Vspyshki", 1995. ISBN 5900303942
A u nikh byla strastʹ-- Moskva: Vagrius, 1999. ISBN 526400059X
Zhiznʹ v "Nou fʹi︠u︡cher" Moskva: Zapasnyĭ vykhod/Emergency Exit, 2005. ISBN 5987260167