Maria Alyokhina

Maria Alyokhina strikes me as a poet who answers power with conviction. Born in Moscow and a member of the punk collective Pussy Riot, she refused to soften her voice even after imprisonment, and that courage genuinely moves me. The 2014 Hannah Arendt Prize confirmed that her thought and action resonate well beyond Russia. She writes, paints, and performs, shifting form while never abandoning what must be said. I regard her as a chronicler of her age, someone who proves the meaning of freedom with her own body. Few public figures embody artistic defiance as completely as she does.

Name (English)

Maria Alyokhina

Name (Japanese)

マリア・アリョーヒナ

Reading

まりあ・ありょーひな

Born

June 6, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow

Occupation

human rights defender / poet / public figure / painter / actor

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Hannah Arendt Prize

• Official sitehttps://lirain.livejournal.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/all_mary/
• Xhttps://x.com/all_mary
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Alyokhina
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6760992

Tags

• Moscow Governorate
• human rights defender
• poet
• public figure

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.