It is not easy to be a poet in general, but especially in Russia. However, poets cannot help but write poetry, because that is how their soul speaks, and it is impossible to drown out its voice.
The name of the poet Nikolai Zinoviev is known in Russia - his poems are valued for their deep patriotism, for the clarity of expression and for their civic position. Valentin Rasputin spoke very warmly about his poems, he said that “Zinoviev’s lines are as if cut out by a strong and powerful thought that makes a deafening impression
.Childhood and youth
Nikolai Alexandrovich was born in 1960 in the village of Korenovskaya, Krasnodar Territory, in the family of a worker and teacher.
He did not show talents for writing at an early age, he also did not bring special problems to his parents - he was an ordinary child. After school I entered vocational school to get a profession as a welder. Then he was educated at the engineering college.
It was at that time that he showed an interest in literature, especially poetry, and he entered philology at the Kuban University to study in absentia. However, fate did not immediately connect him with poetry, because he had to earn a living. Therefore, the professions of Nicholas in his youth were associated with physical labor: he worked as a concrete worker, welder, loader - any work that could ensure a normal existence was suitable.
Apparently, at that time life experience was gaining - that baggage that poets and writers needed to write about the essential, the important and the main thing in life. And then one day Nicholas read poems that made a stunning impression on him, and this became an impetus to his own creativity. Then he turned 20 years old, and he showed his poems only to relatives.
The path to literature
Mom persuaded him for a long time - she asked to send poetry to the regional newspaper, and when Nikolai nevertheless sent several poems, the editors did not believe that a young guy could write such deep poetry.
Fortunately, Zinoviev’s poems somehow miraculously came to Vadim Nepodoba, the famous Kuban poet, and he praised them. This happened in 1982, and in 1987 Nikolai Zinoviev was already publishing the book “I Walk on the Earth, ” which made him famous, and the verses recognizable. After that, more than 10 collections of poems were published: "Flight of the Soul", "Taste of Fire" and others. Zinoviev’s poems passed from hand to hand, copied and read at poetry evenings.
In 1993, Nikolai Zinoviev became a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, and in 2009 - a member of the board of the Union of Writers of Russia.
And before that there were numerous poetry contests, a lot of work in the literary field and numerous awards. They are all very significant, but one special: the Great Literary Prize. Although for the Zinoviev himself, the Delvita Prize and the All-Russian Orthodox Prize named after him can be significant. A. Nevsky, and others. And most likely, all of them are equally valuable - after all, this means that the verses reached the soul of the one to whom they were addressed - to the soul of a contemporary.
In addition, the poet's poems are translated into Czech, Belarusian, Montenegrin, Vietnamese and Armenian.
