Vasil Bykaŭ, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasil Bykaŭ

Soviet and Belarusian writer

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Bychki, Belarus

Date of Death: 22-Jun-2003

Profession: screenwriter, writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vasíl Uladzímiravic Býkau (often spelled Vasil Bykov, Belarusian: ????´?? ??????´??????? ??´???, Russian: ?????? ?????´??????? ?????) (19 June 1924 – 22 June 2003) was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II and a significant figure in soviet and Belarusian literature and civic thought.
His work earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czeslaw Milosz.