Tale Art. Zolotsev’s “The Reed Cat Ivan Ivanovich,” which tells about life in the rural outback of the 90s of the last century, is one of those works of literature that, along with aesthetic pleasure, give rise to bright, noble feelings in the souls of readers. An original tale about the humanized cat is written in simple and strong, truly Dalevian literary language. It is essentially very optimistic and fits well with the very atmosphere, the spirit of our days. The story, supplemented by artistic illustrations, as well as the artistic memoir included in the book “The Tabletop of the Century”, are designed for a wide audience.

(back side covers) Born in 1947 in the village of Krestki near Pskov. He began his career at the age of fifteen, working as a mechanic at one of the Pskov factories. After graduating from evening school, he entered the Leningrad State University, Faculty of Philology. Having received a diploma from Leningrad State University in 1968, he worked as a translator in India for two years, then taught at the Historical and Archival Institute in Moscow. For several years he served as a naval aviation officer in the Northern Fleet. Candidate of Philological Sciences. He began publishing in 1970 in the magazines “Aurora” and “New World”. The first book of poems was published in 1975, at the same time he was accepted into the Union of Writers of the USSR. He is the author of 25 books of poetry, three collections of prose and four books of literary studies, as well as more than 20 books of translations into Russian of poets of the East and West, many articles and essays on domestic and foreign literature. In the late 80s, S.A. . Zolottsev benefited from his journalistic appearances in the press, directed against the destruction of national culture and the collapse of the Soviet Union.