Maksim Lužanin, (born Alaksandar Amvrosjevic Karataj, Belarusian: ?????? ???????, Maksim Luzhanin (??????´???? ?????´?????? ??????´?), 2 November (October 20) 1909, Prusy – 13 October 2001, Minsk) was a Belarusian prose writer, poet, screenwriter, translator, essayist, and a literary critic.
In 1969, he was awarded for the Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR and in 1975, Luzanin was awarded with the honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture of People's Republic of Poland.