Facts: - imagesize: 220px - notableworks: '' on the road to ourselves '' - genre: fiction , plays , poetry , tv , journalism - birth date: 17 july 1957 - image: arbatova m i.jpg - birth place: murom , soviet union Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maria arbatova .
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maria ivanovna arbatova -lrb- -rrb- born july 17 , 1957 , is a russian novelist , short story writer , playwright , poet , journalist , talkshow host , politician , and one of russia 's most widely known feminists in the 1990s .