This book is the story of the life and work of Boris Pasternak, reflected in his poetry, prose and letters. Excerpts from the memoirs of contemporaries are given. The materials were selected in order to show the creative process of creating the poet’s works based on the events of his life, how and from what “poems grow.” They reflected his thoughts and state of mind, which were simultaneously enshrined in Pasternak’s letters to various people and in his prose.