Nikolai Zabolotsky was a poet, translator, he owns a poetic translation of the most famous monument of ancient Russian literature "The Lay of Igor's Campaign." Underestimated during his lifetime, ousted from literary circles after his death, Zabolotsky, nevertheless, is called a representative of the "Bronze Age" of Russian poetry.
Life path
N. Zabolotsky was born in 1903 in Kizicheskaya Sloboda not far from Kazan, where he spent his childhood. Born into the family of a teacher and an agronomist, Nikolai from an early age began to show an interest in literature. Already in the third grade, he began to publish his handwritten journal, where he posted the first poems.
At the age of 10, Zabolotsky entered the school in the city of Urzhuma, then, already in 1920, he became a student at Moscow Medical University. Although the young man was fond of chemistry, his passion for literature and creativity takes its toll, after six months of training, N. Zabolotsky leaves the university. Soon thereafter, the future poet moved to St. Petersburg and entered the Pedagogical Institute. Herzen.
After graduating from the institute, Nikolai Zabolotsky serves in the army, here he publishes a military wall newspaper. During these years, Zabolotsky began to form as a writer. Together with other poets-writers of that time - Vvedensky, Kharms, Bakhterev, he organized the Association of Real Art. N. Zabolotsky gets a job in the department of children's books OGIZ, works in children's magazines.
The beginning of creativity
The first collection of works by Zabolotsky "Columns", which found a response in the hearts of critics, was published in 1929. Nikolai Zabolotsky touches upon issues of morality and philosophy in his work, this is especially reflected in the poem of those years "The Triumph of Agriculture". The second book of the poet was published under the same title in 1933.
In 1938, Nikolai Zabolotsky was accused of anti-Soviet propaganda and exiled - first to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, then to Altaylag. After 5 years of imprisonment, the poet is released. He moved to Karaganda, where he worked on the famous "Lay of Igor's Regiment."
In 1946, Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky received permission to return to Moscow. Here he lives, is engaged in creativity and translation. In 1948 a new collection of poems was published.
Personal life
In 1930, N. Zabolotsky successfully married Ekaterina Klykova, a graduate of the same Pedagogical University that the poet graduated from. During the years of Zabolotsky's imprisonment, the spouses are in active correspondence. After his return to Moscow, relations went wrong, in 1955 E. Klykova left her husband for Vasily Grossman, but after 3 years she returned to the poet.
After the last collection of poems, the poet writes practically nothing, fearing the reaction of the authorities. This period of silence lasts until the era of the Thaw; Zabolotsky's next book was published only in 1957. Shortly before this, the poet suffered the first heart attack, and in 1958 another one occurs - N. Zabolotsky could no longer survive.
