YELENA MAKAROVA: “HONESTY, DECENCY, AND HUMANITY ARE NECESSARY FOR EACH PERSON
AS UNIQUE QUALITIES!”

tant things about yourself and your creative work. What is your creative and life credo and motivation for your creativity?

Yelena Makarova: I am an author of books for children. My poems and fairy tales are constantly published in children newspapers in Uzbekistan. A large selection of my lyrical poems was published in the Orient Star magazine. My works have been translated into Uzbek, Belarusian and English. Translations into other languages are currently being prepared. I am a philologist and I teach Russian. Russian is my native language, which I think, speak and write in. I am pleased that I can help you learn this difficult but beautiful language. And my students motivate me to create new poems, which I then use in various Russian language teaching techniques.

OCA: How did you choose your path and who is your role model in the creative field or in life?

YM: We don’t always choose our own way. I believe that it is given to us from above. And they are given when a person is mature for creativity. This happened to me relatively recently – 7 years ago. Yes, I’ve been writing poetry since I was in school, but I didn’t even think it would be the beginning of my career. I have to say that my second Collection of poems for children won the 1st prize in the “Best Book” competition (Uzbekistan) in the “Best Creative Work” nomination, followed by some victories in International competitions.

OCA: What is your main achievement(s) or positive impact on the world in 2024–2025?

YM: On 2023, I became the 2nd prize winner of the competition at the International Festival “Voices of Friends: Poetry and Art”, held on September 25-30, 2023 in Shchuchinsk, Burabay (Kazakhstan). I was invited to a tour to Russian cities in December 2023.: Yekaterinburg, Kazan, and Moscow. There were creative meetings with Guild members and readers. Also, as part of this project, a presentation of my book of poems for children, translated into Belarusian by Maria Muchinskaya, took place. The collection of poems was published in Minsk (Belarus).

In 2024, one of my fairy tales was published in the Eurasian Literary collection Thread (Volume 8).

On September 15-18, 2024, I participated in the III Open Eurasian Literary Festival and Book Forum 2024.” My works took 1st prize in the category of the Maria Shevel Children prose competition.

This victory gave me the opportunity to publish my fairy tales in English in the UK, the country of Harry Potter.

I am grateful to the ECG for the high evaluation of my work.
OCA: What is the main feature that makes you and your art/work unique?

YM: I am absolutely sure, it is kindness. As readers of my fairy tales, children are my core audience. But even adult people find answers to their questions about rules of life. We can only raise a good person, a creative personality with a good advice. I am an author of works for children. My poems and fairy tales are constantly published in newspapers for children of Uzbekistan. A large selection of lyrical poems was published in the magazine “Star of the East”. My works have been translated into Uzbek, Belarusian and English. Translations into other languages are currently being prepared. I am a philologist by training and I continue to teach Russian. Russian is my native language, which I think, speak and write in. I am pleased that I can help you learn our difficult but beautiful language. And my students motivate me to create new works, which I then use in various Russian language teaching techniques.

Honesty, decency, and humanity are necessary for each person as unique qualities!

OCA: Please tell us about the events or projects of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London) and projects you have already participated in and how does ECG influence your creativity and success in your work?

YM: In 2023, I became the 2nd prize winner of the competition at the International Festival “Voices of Friends: Poetry and Art”, held on September 25-30, 2023 in Shchuchinsk, Burabay (Kazakhstan). I was invited to a tour to Russian cities in December 2023.: Yekaterinburg, Kazan, and Moscow. There were creative meetings with Guild members and readers. Also, as part of this project, a presentation of my book of poems for children, translated into Belarusian by Maria Muchinskaya, took place. The collection of poems was published in Minsk (Belarus).

In 2024, one of my fairy tales was published in the Eurasian Literary collection Thread (Volume 8).
On September 15-18, 2024, I participated in the III Open Eurasian Literary Festival and Book Forum 2024.” My works took 1st prize in the category of the Maria Shevel Children prose competition.

This victory gave me the opportunity to publish my fairy tales in English in the UK, the country of Harry Potter. I am grateful to the ECG for the high evaluation of my work!

OCA: How do you think the creative professions have changed and how has the role of art in the development of the world changed in the face of modern realities?

YM: The world is not static. Modern realities force authors to use new technologies. Artificial intelligence has become very smart and able to create many things. This has become evident in any genre of art. But AI is a standard, or more correctly, an “average” version of creating an artistic work. The role of real art lies in its impact on the emotional state of a person who perceives art as an individual idea of an author.

Hopefully, humanity will have the opportunity to create and perceive unique works of art.

OCA: What would you wish for the members of the Guild and other creative people who are just starting their careers?

YM: I believe that every person is gifted in this or that way in creativity since their childhood. You need to believe in your success, try to find like-minded people and realize your creative ideas.

I would like to wish the Guild members new unique ideas and their successful implementation, as well as worldwide recognition of their contribution to art. Let creativity inspire you to create original works that will become an example of true art for future generations.