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Yan Skryhan (Belarusian: Ян (Янка) Сркыгáн, also Ivan Aliaksiejevič Skrygan; pronounced /: /ˈyʌn skrɪˈhʌn//); November 16, 1905 in Truchanavičy, Slutsky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire - September 18, 1992 in Minsk, Belarus) was a Belarusian-Soviet poet, prose writer, journalist, essayist, literary critic and translator. Under Joseph Stalin’s rule he became a victim of political repression for the duration of eighteen years.[1] He is considered as one of the founders of the Belarusian autobiographical essay.[2]

Biography[edit]

Childhood and youth (1905-1924)[edit]

Professional and literary beginnings (1924-1936)[edit]

The years of imprisonment and punishment exile (1936-1954)[edit]

Imprisonment (1936) and forced labor in Western Siberia (1937-1946)[edit]

Years of punishment exile in Uzbek SSR and Estonian SSR (1946-1949)[edit]

Years of punishment exile in Krasnoyarsk Krai (1949-1954)[edit]

The years after Stalin's death: return to civil life (1955-1992)[edit]

Works and legacy[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

Poems[edit]

Short stories, narratives and powesti[edit]

Essays, portraits and memoirs[edit]

Linguistics and literary studies[edit]

Translations into Belarusian[edit]

Translations of his works into Russian and English[edit]

Honours and awards[edit]

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Norbert Randow: Verschollen, vergessen, verboten. Achthundert Jahre weißrussischer Literatur. [Lost, forgotten, forbidden. Eight Hundred Years of Belarusian Literature]. In: Osteuropa, 54. Jahrgang, Heft 2, Konturen und Kontraste. Weißrussland sucht sein Gesicht. Berlin 2004. S. 158–175.
  2. ^ Artur Zurbakoŭ: "Памятны знак Яну Скрыгану ў г.Ківіылі / Pamiatny znak Janu Skryhanu ŭ h.Kiviyli." [Inauguration ceremony of the Yan Skryhan memory plaque in Kiviõli][1] (in Belarusian).


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