Hienadz Kliauko [SEP] place of death
Hienadz Kliauko
Hienadz Kliauko (also: Gennady Klevko, Belarusian: "Гена́дзь Кляўко́", Russian: "Генна́дий Клевко́") (December 28, 1931 (officially May 1, 1932) – August 21, 1979) was a Soviet Belarusian poet and translator.
Biography.
Hienadz Kliauko was born on December 28, 1931 in the village of Varonichi, which is situated in Pukhavichy Raion, Minsk Voblast, Republic of Belarus. After graduating from secondary school in 1950, he entered the Faculty of Philology of the
The first poem of Hienadz Kliauko was published in 1949. He authored about 10 books of poetry that described homeland and discussed the main events of the time: war and life after the war. Besides, he wrote humorous poems and poems for children. Some of his poems were set to music.
Hienadz Kliauko was also a noted translator of North Ossetian poetry into Belarusian, as well as numerous translations of poems of Polish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Russian poets.
External links.
- Hienadz Kliauko poetry