Uladzimir Dubouka

Uladzimir Mikalahevič Dubouka (Belarusian:Уладзі́мір Мікала́евіч Дубо́ўка; 15 July 1900 in Vilna Governorate (later Pastavy Raion, Vitebsk Region) – 20 March 1976 in Moscow) was a Belarusian poet, prose writer, linguist, and a literary critic.

Uladzimir Dubouka
Уладзімір Дубоўка
Born	(1900-07-15)July 15, 1900 Vilna Governorate (now - Pastavy Raion, Vitebsk Region, Belarus)
Died	March 20, 1976(1976-03-20) (aged 75) Moscow, USSR
Occupation	poet, prose writer, linguist, literary critic
Awards	a literary prize for the book of poetry "Polesian Rhapsody"

Early life[]

Dubouka was born on 15 July 1900 into a working family in a Vilna Governorate, his grandfather was a farmer and his father was a fabric worker.

In 1918 he graduated from the New Vilejka Teachers' Seminary and in 1924 from the V. Brusov Higher Literary and Artistic Institute. His first poem was published in 1921 and during the 1920s Dubouka became one of the leading Belarusian poets.^[1]

Persecution[]

Dubouka was arrested by the Soviet secret police in July 1930 in connection with the “Case of the Union of Liberation of Belarus”. In April 1931 he was sentenced to deportation to Yaransk and in November 1937 to 10 years in prison in Chuvashia and the Far East. He was re-arrested in February 1949 and sentenced to 25 years in prison.^[1][2]

Exoneration and recognition[]

Dubouka was exonerated during the Khrushchev Thaw in November 1957.

In 1958 he became a member of the Belarusian Union of Writers in 1958 and in 1962 a literary prize winner for the book of poetry "Polesian Rhapsody".^[1][2]

Further reading[]

• История белорусской советской литературы. И.Я. Науменко, П.К. Дюбайло, Н.С. Перкин [History of Belarusian Soviet Literature, by I.Y.Naumenko, P.K. Dubajlo, N.S.Perkin], Академия наук БССР, Минск, 1977, p. 473-489

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