EYE Nikolai Ivanovich

Glazkov, Nikolai Ivanovich (1919-1979), Russian poet. Born January 30, 1919 in Nizhny Novgorod Province g.Lyskovo. family lawyer, in 1938 illegally repressed, and a teacher of German language. In 1938-1940 he studied at the literary department of Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, until the summer of 1941 - a student at the Literature Institute. Gorky.

In 1942 he graduated from the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, worked as a rural teacher in Arzamas Region. From 1944 - in Moscow, was a porter, porters, woodcutters firewood. Versatile interests Glazkova (fascinated by geography, . geology, . mineralogy, . chess, . collecting postcards, . filmed in the crowd and the occasional feature film roles, . traveled the country), . as well as the reputation of the upstarts did not prevent the systematic, , . lesson Glazkov's poetry,
. His works were published in 1940, many of his poems distributing samizdat. The first collection - "My Estrada" (1957), . during the poet's life were published more than 10 of his poetry books ( "green space", . 1960; 'Poetograd ", . 1962; Roads and stars ", . "Fifth Book", . both 1966; "Big Moscow", . 1969 "Trips", . 1971; 'Neznamov River ", . 1975; "Station", . 1976, . etc.),


. Lyrics Glazkova - 'natural wonder', . on the characteristics of E. Yevtushenko ( 'I walk down the street: / world before my eyes / And the words of poems / It yourself'), . - His expression, . outrageous, . tendency to neologism (called himself 'nebyvalistom'), . alloy pathos and irony are somewhat reminiscent of the poetry of Mayakovsky, . a maximal approach to living spoken, . aphoristic, . semantic saturation, . the apparent simplicity of korotkostrochnogo text, . projected on the urban folklore, . anecdote, . anticipating the work of V. Vysotsky,


. Among the most significant works Glazkova (poem, . lyrical and satirical poems, . miniatures) are allocated 'fragmentary' poem ( "Poetograd", . 1940-1941; "Hlebozory", . 1941; The road is far, . 1941-1942; fantastic years, . 1941-1945; World folly, . 1943; 'Hihimora ", . "In taking Poetograda", . both 1944) and 'plot' ( "Andrei Rublev", . 1950), . and the poem "In the restaurant", . "By being", . Pirate ", . "Samokult", . "I, . rogue or rags ... ", . "Explanatory Note", . "Primitive", . "Hymn clown", . which the constant bitterness' misunderstood '(' It is very difficult genius Glazkov ...') be read not as pessimistic skeptic, . but how surprised disappointment that, . who firmly believed in original goodness and the human mind,
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Glazkov died in Moscow on Oct. 1, 1979.