The book and its Preface are the first systematic set of ideas and opinions about the artistic and political phenomenon of the classic of world literature M. A. Sholokhov in the criticism of the Russian abroad of the late 20s-the first half of the 80's.Many reviews of emigrants about the personality and work of the author of 'quiet don' and 'Raised virgin land' - M. Aldanov, N. Berberova, B. Zaitsev, E. Kuskova, V. Khodasevich, M. koryakova, G. Klimov, A. Kuznetsov and others - will meet the Russian reader. In the broad historical context of the perception of Sholokhov in the contemporary emigrant press, he will also read in a new way the well-known, previously published separately articles by A. Solzhenitsyn and his associates.In a separate section, the collection highlights the memories of foreign compatriots about meetings with an outstanding artist. The Appendix to the book contains an essay By G. Yermolaev about the life and work of M. Sholokhov from his monograph, published in English in 1982 and translated into Russian in 2000.