Person in history
Hienadz Buraukin
Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2014 · May 30
- Known as
- translator, writer, poet, journalist, and children's writer. Citizenship: Soviet Union, Belarus
Their story
Who they were
Biography He was born in the village of Shuliacina in Vitebsk Region . In 1959, he graduated from the Belarusian State University . During his career, he was chief reporter of the Soviet state newspaper Pravda in Belarus. In 1969, he helped Zianon Pazniak to publish several articles on preservation of architectural heritage of Belarus. From 1972 to 1978, Buraukin was chief editor of the Belarus-wide magazine Maladosts , where he published numerous works of Vasil Bykaŭ and Uladzimir Karatkievich .
Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)
Early life
Educated at: Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University.
Path and career
Worked with / for: Litaratura i mastactva, Pravda, National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, and Vozhyk.
Awards / honours: Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, and Diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR.
Why this date
Hienadz Buraukin appears on our May 30 calendar for 2014 as a death entry.
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May 30 2014.
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