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Vasil Bykaŭ
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Belarusian writer (1924–2003)
Key facts
- Native name
- Васіль Уладзіміравіч Быкаў
- Born
- ( 1924-06-19 ) 19 June 1924, Byčki , Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
- Died
- 22 June 2003 (2003-06-22) (aged 79), Minsk , Belarus
- Language
- Belarusian, Russian
- Genre
- War novel
- Subject
- World War II
- Literary movement
- Lieutenant prose
- Years active
- 1960–2003
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Branch
- Red Army
- Service years
- 1941–1945 1949–1955
- Rank
- Junior lieutenant
- Conflicts
- World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belarus
- Place of birth
- Byčki
- Place of death
- Baraŭliany
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Political party
- BPF Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Belarusian
- Field of work
- prose
- Genre
- essay
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military rank
- senior lieutenant
- Image
- Vasil Bykov (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- USSR Union of Writers
- Commons category
- Vasil Bykaŭ
- date of birth
- 1924-08-19
- date of death
- 2003-06-23
- place of burial
- Eastern Cemetery
- name in native language
- Васіль Быкаў
- topic's main category
- Category:Vasil Bykaŭ
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- writing language
- Russian
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ (also spelled Vasil Bykov, Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Russian: Василь Влади́мирович Быков; 19 June 1924 – 22 June 2003) was a Belarusian dissident and opposition politician, junior lieutenant, 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.
Life and career
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