Vladimir Naumovich Gribov: Pieces of biography

Abstract

The talk presents the main lines of biography of the prominent physicist and bright personality. Also given is a necessarily brief description of Gribov's scientific work.

Comments: Based on the invited talk at the 4th V.N. Gribov Memorial Workshop "Theoretical Physics of XXI Century" (Gribov-85), 17-20 June, 2015, Chernogolovka, Russia. To appear in the Proceedings