The life of the American writer Henry Miller (1891–1980) formed the basis of his novels “Tropic of Cancer”, “Tropic of Capricorn”, “Black Spring” and the “Rose Crucified” trilogy, which had a shocking effect on the reader in their time. In addition to a stream of memories, remarks, thoughts, and various scenes, he sets out in them the details of his intimate life—both his own and that of his characters. Miller's books were banned and not published for decades, and their creator always wandered and lived at the expense of others. Miller was not only a prose writer, but also a gifted graphic artist, played the piano well, and had a keen understanding of literature, theater and cinema. Before becoming a writer, he changed many professions - from a delivery boy, a librarian and a musician in a cinema to the head of the personnel department at the multinational company Western Union. Friends said that he was “the best conversationalist in the world” and an unsurpassed storyteller, “some kind of life-giving force emanated from him” and “under any circumstances he managed to give something to people.” Writer, translator and critic Alexander Yakovlevich Livergant traces in his book, how closely the asocial hero of “Tropic of Cancer”, an unprincipled vagabond and misfit, compares with the liberated-minded intellectual Henry Miller, who easily managed to “live in society and be free from society.” sign of information products 18+