Friends!

Today I want to tell you the story of a young Ukrainian playwright Anna Mashutina, better known under the pseudonym "Anna Yablonsky." On the 21st of January, 2011, she died as a result of the terrorist attack at the airport "Domodedovo" when flied to receive the award "Personal file - 2010". One of the first she came out of the plane, quickly passed passport control but was unable to go further because of sudden explosion. Then a suicide bomber managed to kill 35 people.

Anna Yablonsky was born in Odessa in 1981. Her father is a famous journalist Gregory Jablonski. Firstly, daughter also followed his steps, wrote to the women's magazines. Later she discovered poetry and afterwords published prose stories in local media. In the early 2000s, she decided to try to write drama, and it just succeeded. However, at the home people did not notice her talents, while abroad she was praised. Father of Hanna said: "In order to begin to put her plays in Ukraine, my daughter had to die." During the girl’s life, only one play was set in Odessa - "The Doors." Instead, now her plays may be seen on the stages of Britain, Holland, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany and Poland and, of course, Ukraine.

In his author's talent, she had a deep intuition. One of the latest posts on her page in the "Live Journal" was: "I think a little time is left for me”. This intuition can be noticed in her plays. For example, now in Ukrainian theaters you can see "Family Scene" under the authorship of Yablonska. This performance is about love and war, alienation of friends. It would seem, how could a woman who died a few years before the outbreak of war between the two countries, predict that?

Several years ago, the father of Anna published a collection of her plays and presented it into the Ukrainian theater in Odessa, where "Family Scene" was set. He believes and hopes that he can perpetuate on paper the whole set of his daughter, then 3 dozen of works.

Friends, life is unpredictable. So engage that really brings you pleasure, love your family and embody the dreams. Do not be afraid and do live full!