page_title: Vasil Bykaŭ
hierarchical_section_title: Vasil Bykaŭ
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of the future Belarusian writer Vasil Bykov taken in Rumania in 1944.
context_page_description: Vasíl Uładzímiravič Býkaŭ 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 Czesław Miłosz.
context_section_description: Vasíl Uładzímiravič Býkaŭ (often spelled Vasil Bykov, Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Russian: Василь Влади́мирович Быков) (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 Czesław Miłosz.
caption: Vasil Bykaŭ in Romania, 1944
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