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33 stories found
Lithuania
Kazys Inčiūra (1906–1974) was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, actor, and radio announcer whose artistic life was interrupted by Soviet repression. Arrested in 1951 and sentenced to twenty-five years…
Belarus
Anatol Volny (1902–1937), born Anatol Azhhirey, was a Belarusian poet, novelist, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter. A versatile figure in Minsk's literary life, he helped develop adventure prose and…
Belarus Other
Yakau Branshteyn (1897–1937) was a Belarusian and Jewish literary critic who studied Belarusian and Yiddish literature and helped shape academic life in Minsk. A prominent scholar whose criticism…
Belarus Latvia Other
Aron Yudelson (1907–1937) was a Yiddish-language poet and essayist who moved from Riga to Minsk, where he contributed to the flourishing literary culture of the 1920s and 1930s.…
Belarus
Michaś Čarot (1896–1937) was a Belarusian poet, playwright, and literary organizer who helped shape the cultural life of Minsk in the 1920s. A leading figure in the literary…
Belarus Other
Izi Kharik (1898–1937) was a Jewish poet who helped shape Yiddish literary life in Minsk. Through poetry, editing, and translation, he gave voice to everyday life and a…
Belarus Other
Yuli Taubin (1911–1937) was a Belarusian poet and translator who transformed his experience of language, city life, and exile into a distinctive literary voice. From Mstislavl to Minsk,…
Belarus
Vasil Stasheŭski (1895–1937) was a Belarusian playwright, prose writer, and translator whose work explored everyday life and social change. A member of the literary associations Maladnyak and Polymia,…
Belarus Other
Ziama Pivavarau, born Zalman Ruvimovich Pivovarov, was a Belarusian poet, translator, publicist, and literary critic whose brief life bridged languages, cultures, and working-class experience. Raised in eastern Belarus,…