About Janka Lučyna
Lived 1851 – 1897 (aged 46). Janka Lučyna was a Russian translator, poet and writer.
Jan Niesłuchowski (1851, Minsk – 1897, Minsk), better known by his pen name Janka Lučyna (, Yanka Luchyna), was a poet from the Russian Empire who wrote in Belarusian, Polish, and Russian.
A son of a civil court clerk, Niesłuchowski graduated from Saint Petersburg Institute of Technology and worked as a railway engineer. Because of a leg disease he needed crutches to walk. A collection of his Belarusian poems and translations, Viazanka (A Bundle) was published in 1903, several years after his death, earning him a place among the founders of the modern Belarusian literature.
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Who was Janka Lučyna?
Belarusian translator and poet (1851-1897)
When was Janka Lučyna born?
Janka Lučyna was born on 6 July 1851 in Minsk.
When did Janka Lučyna die?
Janka Lučyna died on 16 July 1897 in Minsk.
What was Janka Lučyna's occupation?
Janka Lučyna was a translator, poet and writer.
What nationality was Janka Lučyna?
Janka Lučyna was Russian.
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