This publication contains for the first time responses, reviews, remarks and detailed statements from contemporaries about one of the most striking poetic destinies in the literary history of the 20th century. Along with the judgments of Soviet critics, the Anthology “Nikolai Zabolotsky pro et contra” presents reviews from hard-to-find emigre publications. A special section is devoted to analytical articles and studies representing the most characteristic and promising areas of studying the poet’s heritage. The bibliography includes information about editions of Zabolotsky's translations into foreign languages, monographs and abstracts of dissertations, new research and memoirs of contemporaries. The book is addressed to everyone interested in Russian poetry of the 20th century and may be useful for those studying the history of political and ideological life of the Soviet decades.