Vasil Bykaŭ
1924
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2003
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: short novel, short story, opinion journalism, essay
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Belarus
native language: Belarusian
languages spoken, written or signed: Belarusian, Russian
educated at: Vitebsk People's Art School
occupation: writer, screenwriter, journalist, politician
award received: USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Lenin Prize, Medal of Francysk Skaryna, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Літаратурная прэмія імя Якуба Коласа, Medal "For Battle Merit", Народны пісьменнік Беларусі, Order of the Patriotic War
Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ (also spelled Vasil Bykov, Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Russian: Василь Влади́мирович Быков; 19 June 1924 – 22 June 2003) was a Belarusian Soviet dissident, junior lieutenant, opposition politician, and author of novels and novellas about World War II. A significant figure in Soviet and Belarusian literature and civic thought, his work earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czesław Miłosz. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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