Daria Dontsova biography of the writer, photo, her family, husband and pugs 2021

Biography

Daria Dontsova is a Russian writer who for many years was recognized as the most widely read author of adult literature, thanks to which she became the winner of the Bestseller of the Year and Writer of the Year awards.

Darya Dontsova

But above all, Dontsova is known as a woman who managed to defeat cancer. Her experience helps her inspire hundreds and thousands of sick people to fight the disease.

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Childhood and youth

Daria Dontsova (real name Agrippina Arkadyevna Dontsova) was born in Moscow in 1952 into a creative family. At birth, the girl was named Agrippina in honor of her grandmother. At the time of the daughter’s birth, the parents were not yet officially registered, since the father was in a previous marriage. The couple formalized their relationship only in 1959. My father was a writer, and my mother worked at the Mosconcert as a director.

Daria Dontsova in childhood and now

At first, the family lived in a barracks. When it was disbanded, Agrippina and her grandmother had to live without their parents for a year, because the room that was allocated to the family was too small. Only in 1957 did they receive a new spacious apartment in a new building near the Airport station. Famous guests often gathered at her parents’ house, so Daria was personally acquainted with the writer Valentin Kataev and Vladimir Mayakovsky’s lover Lilya Brik.

Her parents cared about Agrippina's development, so they sent her to a music school, but it was discovered that the girl lacked the ability to play music. During her school years, the future writer was not distinguished by her success in learning the exact sciences. But she enjoyed learning foreign languages.

Daria Dontsova in her youth with her father

Even from preschool age, Agrippina showed a penchant for languages. She had 2 nannies - a French and a German. They hardly spoke Russian, which had a positive effect on the girl’s education. In 1964, as a schoolgirl, she visited Germany with her father - there a local publishing house was going to publish a work by him. From Germany the girl brought with her many books in German. In her youth, she became interested in literary works of various authors, including foreign ones.

Books

Having a penchant for the humanities, the girl entered the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. After graduating from university, she worked for 2 years at the Syrian Consulate of the USSR as a French translator. Returning from Syria, Daria was a journalist for 7 years in the printed publications “Otchizna” and “Evening Moscow”.

The first story was written in 1984, but in the magazine “Youth” no one was interested in the girl’s literary attempts. However, the writer did not despair and tried herself in another genre.

Daria Dontsova with books

In 1999, the first detective “Cool Heirs” appeared under the pseudonym Daria Dontsova. The heroine was Dasha Vasilyeva, who by chance took up private investigation. Dontsova wrote this cheerful, cheerful book while lying in the hospital in the oncology department. When Daria finished treatment, 5 works were already ready for printing.

The first detective story was received with a bang by readers; everyone wanted a sequel, and it, of course, followed. Dontsova’s books are published by the EKSMO publishing house; in total, Daria has written more than 100 detective stories, the circulation of which is more than 230 million copies. Each new novel by the writer becomes an indispensable bestseller.

Daria Dontsova at the presentation

In Russia, Dontsova is considered one of the most published writers. She writes one novel within a month. In the Russian Guinness Book of Records, the writer is recorded as the most prolific author. Daria's novels are read in Russia, the countries of the former USSR, as well as in China and Western Europe.

Daria's books are considered a cure for depression; the writer's inexhaustible optimism is felt in each work. Fans of her work believe that Dontsova’s autograph brings good luck.

Daria Dontsova's autograph brings good luck

The woman works not only in the detective genre. The list of author’s publications includes the book “The Lazy Woman’s Cookbook,” which presents accessible recipes for novice housewives in the form of simple manuals. Dontsova also wrote an autobiographical book, “Notes of a Mad Optimist.”

However, of course, Daria’s detective stories brought her popularity and prosperity. Based on them, TV series were filmed, where the main characters were Dasha Vasilyeva, Ivan Podushkin, Evlampia Romanova and Viola Tarakanova. Popular actors of our time took part in the filming of the film adaptations - Larisa Udovichenko, Vera Sotnikova, Alla Klyuka, Anatoly Zhuravlev, Irina Rakhmanova, Dmitry Kharatyan. It is interesting that in the film of the series “Private Investigation Lover Dasha Vasilyeva-4” the writer herself appeared, performing a cameo.

Daria Dontsova at the Books of Russia festival

Daria Dontsova is a three-time winner of the Writer of the Year award, twice received the Bestseller of the Year award from the Book Review newspaper, and also became a laureate of the Book of the Year competition. In 2003, Dontsova’s star appeared on the literary “Square of Stars” on Strastnoy Boulevard in Moscow. In 2005, the writer received the Order of Peter the Great, First Class, with a ribbon for her services in the field of literature and personal contribution.

Gradually, the famous writer put the creation of detective stories on stream. Her fantastic literary prolificacy allowed her to reach a wide audience. Her creative biography includes works of various genres, and new items are immediately picked up by fans.

Book by Daria Dontsova “Stamp on the heart of a vamp woman”

For many years, Dontsova’s books have remained among the top most popular among Russian readers. The publications come out in millions of copies and do not gather dust on bookstore shelves. Her works continue to be popular in Russia, and in 2021 the book “Stamp on a Woman’s Heart” was published.

The writer herself once admitted that she gets into a creative rush when she starts working on a new work:

“When I write, I am in some kind of semi-conscious state. If there is cold, snow, or wind in the novel, I begin to freeze, despite the fact that it is incredibly hot outside. At a certain point, my characters get out of control and begin to live an independent life. One day one of the characters winked at me and said: “I killed it, I did it, and you didn’t even guess!” Well, they’ve become completely insolent.”

Dontsova’s autobiographical book “I really want to live.
My personal experience” In 2012, the writer released an autobiographical book “I really want to live. My personal experience." In this work, Dontsova shares her experience of defeating a terrible disease - cancer. Daria fell ill with breast cancer in 1998.

Creation

In detective stories, Agrippina uses not only invented scenarios, but in them one can find many autobiographical stories from life and the characters’ characters. According to the writer, she experiences all the plot twists together with her characters. In detective stories you can find a lot of humor, interesting stories with an intriguing ending, where good always triumphs over evil.

You relax with Daria Dontsova’s books, which is why she is so popular and famous both in Russia and in Western Europe and China.

"Don't give up under any circumstances!" is the life motto of the famous writer; she always follows this rule and teaches it to her fans.

Daria works very quickly on each piece. She writes several pages of handwritten text every day, putting her stories on paper using a pen rather than a computer. Electronic typing is done directly in the editorial office. Every book written by Agrippina becomes a bestseller. According to the Book Chamber, the writer topped the list of the most published authors in Russia.

Disease

The writer has repeatedly spoken in interviews about how she overcame the disease. Doctors gave the writer a terrible diagnosis - cancer. She had to endure 18 operations, several sessions of radiation, and also undergo numerous courses of chemotherapy.

Daria Dontsova beat cancer

She was admitted to the hospital already at the 4th stage of the disease and at first underwent 3 operations. There was no hope for a full recovery, but Dontsova did not lose heart and overcame the terrible disease. She is an optimist in life and, while in a hospital ward, began writing ironic detective stories to escape from the terrible reality. The brave woman managed to avoid depression and recover. In 2008, Daria was chosen as an ambassador for the charity program “Together against Breast Cancer,” which was organized by.

The writer inspires cancer patients to fight the disease and helps clinics across the country purchase the necessary equipment. Daria transferred the royalties from the publication of the novel “Emperor of the Village of Gadyukino” to the account of the Russian Cancer Research Center named after N. N. Blokhin.

Daria Dontsova at the charity march “Together against breast cancer”

She had to deal with an extremely difficult illness, which is actually a demoralizing factor for many people. What broke others made the famous writer stronger. Dontsova was able to overcome breast cancer, and oncology did not become an obstacle for the woman on the way to achieving her goal. Her readers claim that it was a serious illness that discovered Dontsova’s talent for writing. The first novels became bestsellers.

Soon after the treatment, Dontsova told the media that when people hear the words “chemotherapy” and “irradiation,” terrible associations arise, but these are only “far-fetched myths.” The writer, who managed to go through such suffering, said that all this is not as scary as others imagine.

Secrets of being slim

Dontsova is not at all embarrassed by her age. Dasha believes that old age manifests itself in rigidity. This is when a person constantly adheres to the same life pattern, does not want to learn something new, has lost interest in work, travel and friends, when everything around him irritates him. Dontsova’s main principle is to prevent such internal aging. And the external signs of age are not so scary, especially since they can be overcome with physical activity.

Although until the age of 45, Dasha did not engage in sports at all. I could go to the pool once a week, but without much enthusiasm. And after cancer, Daria was prescribed hormonal medications, from which she began to gain weight. And then fitness clubs appeared in her life. And for the past twenty years, Daria has been doing fitness training three times a week under the guidance of a trainer. Her workout lasts three hours, two of which are hard exercises with dumbbells and barbells, and one hour of muscle stretching.

Dontsova went on a diet once in her life, when her weight reached 75 kg after her first birth. Since then, she has completely reviewed and changed her diet: she just eats some things and doesn’t eat others. Her diet does not include sausages, pork or beef, or sweets. But the writer’s daily menu includes chicken and turkey, cheese and cottage cheese, and fish. He eats bread rarely and only without yeast. In general, Dasha came to the conclusion that people get fat not from food, but from overeating. If she feels hungry during the day, she fights it with nuts, dried fruits, a banana or a piece of natural dark chocolate.

Dasha openly encourages everyone: “People, do any kind of sports, at least just walk and walk more!”

Personal life

The personal life of the famous writer repeatedly took sharp turns. Daria got married 3 times, and only the last marriage was happy. Dontsova met her first lover, Dmitry Demin, in her early youth, as a 1st year student. A romantic meeting on the sea coast of Koktebel brought the young people down the aisle. In this union, the writer’s first-born son, Arkady, was born. But the marriage broke up even before the birth of the heir.

Daria Dontsova with her husband Alexander

Daria's second husband was Boris Kapustin. The young man was a witness at the writer’s first wedding. This meeting became fatal for both. The relationship lasted 7 years, after which the couple parted as friends. Boris went to teach at Yale University.

Dontsova has been married for many years; this is her third marriage. The writer’s husband’s name is Alexander, they have children – a common daughter Maria and two sons – Arkady and Dmitry – from Dontsov’s first marriage. Her own children have already made Daria a grandmother. Grandson Nikita is growing up in her son’s family, and Masha gave birth to a boy, Mikhail, in 2015.

Daria Dontsova with her husband, children and grandchildren

The Dontsov family remains friendly and united today. Alexander supported Daria during her oncology treatment. Before the important operation, the writer asked her husband if he would stay with her after the mastectomy. To which Alexander replied that even if only one ear remained from his wife, he would live with this ear.

Fans of the writer know her hobby – pets. Dontsova has a special weakness for pugs, making these cute dogs part of her own image. There are 4 pugs living in Daria's house. They are accompanied by a British cat and a tortoise.

Daria Dontsova with dogs and a cat

In addition to the fact that photos of pugs regularly adorn the covers of all the author’s books, she devotes almost every post on her personal Instagram to four-legged pets.

First husband Dmitry Demin: who is his son Arkady

Dasha got married for the first time at the age of 18

After the first year, the girl went on vacation to Koktebel, where she met Dmitry Demin. The couple did not live together for even a year. The situation could not be saved by the news about Dontsova’s pregnancy.

The couple divorced before the birth of their son Arkady. Nothing is known about the type of activity of Dmitry Demin.

Daria Dontsova now

The writer continues to participate in events dedicated to supporting cancer patients. In 2021, Daria became the TV presenter of the author’s program “I really want to live” on the Spas channel. The program features people who live with a serious illness or have managed to overcome all difficulties and recover. In one episode, the guest of the project was singer Cornelia Mango, who suffers from diabetes. The disease did not prevent the artist from making a solo career.

Host of the author's program “I really want to live” Daria Dontsova

Daria Dontsova does not forget about her passion for cooking. She became the heroine of the program “Save, I can’t cook” on the TVC channel, where she taught the project’s TV presenter Otar Kushanashvili to cook.

Now the woman is passionate about writing children's stories, the first reader of which is her youngest grandson Mikhail. In September 2018, the author presented to readers another work, “Wonderland,” from the “Tales of the Beautiful Valley” series.

Daria Dontsova on the program “The Fate of a Man” in 2021

A new book in the same series, “Village of Dragons,” is scheduled for release in December. The main characters of the story are the inhabitants of the country Mopshouse, members of the pug family. Sisters Cook and Marshmallow go in search of their relatives who were stolen by a dragon.