Poet and traveler: N.I. Glazkov’s creative business trips (based on the poet’s correspondence with Tambov residents)

INTRODUCTION. The study is devoted to the creative biography of the poet and translator  N.I. Glazkov (1919–1979), inextricably linked with his travels around the Soviet Union, which inspired him to new poems and translations. He shared his poems and impressions in letters to numerous correspondents, a significant part of whom lived in Tambov. N.I. Glazkov visited Tambov several times and lived there sometimes for several weeks. The purpose of the study is to supplement biographical information about the poet N.I. Glazkov.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The material for the study was letters written by the poet to his Tambov acquaintances, his friendly messages and diary entries. During the analysis of these materials, historical-literary and literarybiographical methods were used.RESEARCH RESULTS. From the moment the poet first met Tambov, he developed strong friendly and creative relationships with the Tambov creative environment. The correspondence revealed by comparing the contents of N.I. Glazkov’s letters to Tambov addressees with the poet’s diary entries allows us to draw a conclusion about the autobiographical nature of these letters, as well as clarify some facts of the poet’s biography. CONCLUSION. N.I. Glazkov’s connection with the Tambov region is one of the most significant pages in his creative biography. The practical significance of this conclusion lies in the possibility of using the epistolary heritage for further research into the creative biography of the poet and establishing his influence on the literary process in Tambov in the 1950s–1970s.