Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist.
Novella was the cousin of poet Ivan Matveyev. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1961, the same year she was admitted to the Union of Soviet Writers.
From the end of the 1950s, Matveyeva composed songs to her poetry and performed them, accompanying herself on a seven-string guitar.
Matveyeva died on 4 September 2016 at the age of 81.