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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.
Bykaŭ, Vasilʹ, 1924-2003, Authors, Belarusian -- 20th century -- Biography, Dissenters -- Belarus -- Biography, Écrivains biélorusses -- 20e siècle -- Biographies, Dissidents -- Biélorussie -- Biographies. Publisher. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press.
Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (June 19, 1924 – June 22, 2003) was an author of many novels and novellas about World War II. He is a big figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought.
The Wall ("Сцяна") is a collection of short stories by the Belarusian writer Vasil Bykaŭ. Description and background. The Wall deals with the fate of Belarus, from Stalinist repressions (novella Yellow Sand) and World War II battles that left Belarus in ruins to the dismal life of the Belarusian people in 1990s. The author's ...
Jul 9, 2013 · Vasil Byka ŭ took part in the Wolrd War II and after the War he became a writer. Belarus then was a part of the USSR and any writers had to observe certain rules to be pulished and to get money from the government. That's why the early Byka ŭ couldn't write everything he knew about the War.
The reviewed monograph provides deep insights into the life and work of Vasil Bykaŭ (1924-2003), world-renown Belarusan (Belarusian) writer and activist in the national independence and renaissance movements in Belarus.
Biography. Vasil Bykaŭ (also Vasil Bykov) was born in in Byčki, near Viciebsk in 1924. His parents were peasants. He initially went to art school and studied sculpture. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, he initially worked as a trench digger but then joined the Red Army.
