Ryhor Baradulin

Ryhor Ivanavich Baradulin (Belarusian: Рыго́р Іва́навіч Бараду́лін; February 24, 1935 – March 2, 2014) was a Belarusian poet, essayist and translator.

Biography

Ryhor Baradulin was born on February 24, 1935, in Verasowka (Belarusian: Верасоўка, Werasoŭka), (Ushachy Raion), to Ivan and Kulina Baradulin. He graduated from a school in Ushachy in 1954, and continued his education at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, from which he graduated in 1959.

He worked as an editor in various periodicals (among them - a newspaper "The Soviet Belarus", magazines "Byarozka", "Polymya"). He also worked in some publishing agencies like "Belarus" and "Mastackaya Litaratura". Ryhor Baradulin is a member of the Belarusian Writer's Union and the Belarusian PAN-center (and was President of the center during 1990-1999), a member of the BPF Party.

Works

Ryhor Baradulin is the last Belarusian who received the title of the People's Poet (1992). He received some other important awards for several books of poems and translations. He started publishing his works in 1953. His first poems appeared in the newspaper "Chyrvonaya zmiena". The first book of his poems, "Maladzik nad stepam" appeared in 1959. All in all Ryhor Baradulin has published around 70 books of poems (including poems for children, satiric and humorous poems), articles, essays, translations. In 2006 Ryhor Baradulin was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book of poems "Ksty". His cycle of poems named "Shchymlivyya Ramansy" was made into songs by Mikalai Yackow.

Death

Baradulin died on March 2, 2014, aged 79.