Vasil Bykaŭ

Details

Instance of

human

Born

19 June 1924

Died

22 June 2003

Conflict

World War II

Place of birth

Byčki

Place of death

Baraŭliany

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Vasil, Vasyl

Family name

Bykaw

Spouse

Nadzeya Bykava

Genre

short novel, opinion journalism, novella, essay

Field of work

belletristic literature, war novel, prose

Occupation

writer, screenwriter, journalist, politician, short story writer

Position held

list of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1985–1990), list of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1975–1979), list of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1980–1985)

Citizenship

Soviet Union, Belarus

Native language

Belarusian

Awards

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"

allegiance

Soviet Union

described by source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 1, 2005, ProDetLit

educated at

Vitebsk People's Art School

employer

Q55076559

end of work period

2003

languages spoken, written or signed

Belarusian, Russian

member of

USSR Union of Writers, Belarusian Union of Designers, Union of Belarusian Writers, Belarusian PEN Centre, Belarusian Popular Front, World Association of Belarusians

member of political party

BPF Party

military, police or special rank

senior lieutenant

name in native language

Васіль Быкаў, Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ

patronym or matronym

Uladzimiravich

permanent duplicated item

Q65250187

place of burial

Eastern Cemetery

start of work period

1947

topic's main category

Category:Vasil Bykaŭ

writing language

Belarusian, Russian

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