"Desperate hooligan" and "bird of Paradise", a brilliant poet, charming everyone who met her. This is how Bella Akhmadulina was known by her contemporaries and she has remained the same in the memory of generations. "Bella is getting prettier and prettier, becoming as airy as her heavenly lyrics," Andrei Voznesensky said about her.She has been writing since childhood — touching, tender lines attracted the attention of friends, and later gave national recognition. Her poems have been translated into dozens of languages, which has revealed to the world mysteriously beautiful lyrics full of sublime metaphors and exquisite musicality. "I love you, beauties of the centuries ...", "From the depths of my hardships ...", "Down my street for a year ...", "And finally I will say ..." — the voice of B. Akhmadulina cannot be confused with someone else's.The design of the book "Oh, my shy hero" uses the works of Boris Messerer, which not only complement the poems of Bella Akhmadulina, but also continue the history of their creative union.