The book is prepared for the 90th anniversary of the birth of Anatoly Pristavkin, a writer, author of many novels and essays translated into more than 30 languages of the world, including The Golden Cloud Spent the Night, chairman of the first Pardon Commission in Russia, Winner of the State Prize in Literature. The collection includes his diaries, letters, articles, as well as unique photographs from the personal collection of the writer's family and autographs of his friends, prominent figures of Russian culture.The publication includes two poems by A. Pristavkin, which, by the decision of the writer's widow and daughter, will never be published again.