Vasil Bykaŭ
Vasil Bykaŭ | |
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Bykaŭ in Romania, 1944 | |
| Native name | Васіль Уладзіміравіч Быкаў |
| Born | 19 June 1924 Byčki, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Died | 22 June 2003 (aged 79) Belarus |
| Language | Belarusian, Russian |
| Genre | War novel |
| Subject | World War II |
| Literary movement | Lieutenant prose |
| Years active | 1960–2003 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service | Red Army |
| Years of service |
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| Rank | Junior lieutenant |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
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.