Nikolay Glazkov was born on January 30, 1919 in Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is known for Andreï Roublev (1966), Romans o vlyublyonnykh (1974) and Volnitsa (1956). He died on October 1, 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].