A cikin karni na 16, mazaunin Polotsk Francysk Skaryna ya fassara Littafi Mai-Tsarki zuwa Belarusian. An buga shi a Prague da Vilnius a wani lokaci tsakanin 1517 da 1525, yana mai da shi littafi na farko da aka buga a Belarus ko kuma ko'ina a Gabashin Turai. Zamanin zamani na adabin Belarusiya ya fara ne a ƙarshen karni na 19; wani fitaccen marubuci shine Yanka Kupala. Yawancin marubutan Belarusiya na lokacin, kamar Uładzimir Žyłka, Kairayakasha, Yakub Kolas, Źmitrokadula, da Maksim Bi Haretski, sun rubuta don Nva, takarda mai harshen Belarusian wanda aka buga a baya a Vilnius amma yanzu ana buga shi a Minsk. Tambaya: Yaushe aka buga shi?
tsakanin 1517 da 1525