Nikolai Zabolotsky was a poet, translator, he owns a poetic translation of the famous monument of ancient Russian literature "Words on Igor's Campaign". Underestimated during his life, driven out of the literary circles after his death, Zabolotsky, however, is called the representative of the Bronze Age of Russian poetry.
Life path
N. Zabolotsky was born in 1903 in the Kizicheskaya Sloboda not far from Kazan, where his childhood passed. Born into the family of a teacher and an agronomist, Nikolai began to show interest in literature from an early age. Already in the third grade, he began to publish his handwritten journal, where he posted the first poems.
At 10 years old Zabolotsky enters a school in the city of Urzhuma, then, already in 1920, he becomes a student at Moscow Medical University. Although the young man was fond of chemistry, the passion for literature and creativity takes its toll, after six months of training N. Zabolotsky leaves the university. Soon after this, the future poet moved to St. Petersburg and enrolled in study at the Pedagogical Institute. Herzen.
After graduation, Nikolai Zabolotsky serves in the army, here he issues a military wall newspaper. In these years, the formation of Zabolotsky as a writer begins. Together with other poets and writers of the time - Vvedensky, Kharms, Bakhterev, he organizes the Union of Real Art. N. Zabolotsky takes a job in the department of the children's book of the OGIZ, works in children's magazines.
The beginning of creativity
The first collection of Zabolotsky’s works “Columns”, which found an echo in the hearts of critics, was published in 1929. Nikolai Zabolotsky in his work touches on the issues of morality and philosophy, especially this was reflected in the poem of those years "The Triumph of Agriculture." The second book of the poet is 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 a 5-year sentence, the poet is released. He moves to Karaganda, where he is working on the famous "Word on Igor's Regiment".
In 1946, Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky received permission to return to Moscow. Here he lives, is engaged in creativity and translations. In 1948 a new collection of "Poems" was published.
