About Maks Szczur
Born 1977. Maks Szczur is a Belarusian and Swedish translator, writer and poet.
Maksim Ščur (; born 5 December 1977 in Brest, Belarus) is a Belarusian translator, writer and poet.
From 1994 until 1998, he was a student at the Minsk State Linguistic University. He has been living in Prague, Czech Republic since 1998. His notable novels are written in Czech, Swedish and Polish language including Śmierć tyrana (Сьмерць тырана, 1997), Amfiteatar (Амфітэатар, Prague-Gdansk, 1999), Rańni zbor (Раньні збор, Stockholm 2006), Amalhama (Амальгама, Mińsk 2010). In 2004, he was awarded for Janki Juchnauca for his novel Tam dzie nas niama (Там дзе нас няма).
In March 2026, a Belarusian court added Maks Ščur's book Tam dzie nas niama to the list of extremist materials.
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Who is Maks Szczur?
Belarusian translator, writer and poet
When was Maks Szczur born?
Maks Szczur was born on 5 December 1977 in Brest.
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Maks Szczur is a translator, writer and poet.
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Maks Szczur is Belarusian and Swedish.
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