This book tells about the "origins of life" Olga Fedorovna Berggolts (1910-1975) and is dedicated to its spiritual and creative formation. The growing up of a girl, a girl and a young woman is first shown through the prism of the early - teenage and youthful - diaries of the poetess. They allow you to take a fresh look at the emergence of the phenomenon of Olga Berggolts, a legendary personality who survived the Stalinist repressions and "rightfully divided suffering" became a symbol of besieged Leningrad.