About Uładzimir Žyłka
Lived 1898 – 1933 (aged 34). Uładzimir Žyłka was a Russian and Polish linguist, opinion journalist, literary scholar, translator, poet and writer.
Uladzimir Zhylka (; 27 May 1900, in Makaszy near Nesvizh, Russian Empire – 1 March 1933) was a Belarusian poet.
He was an author of symbolistic love lyrical poetry and patriotic-independence related poems (Na rostani). He translated works of Adam Mickiewicz, Henrik Ibsen, and Charles Baudelaire.
In 1926, he emigrated to East Belarus, where he was arrested by the NKVD in 1930 as part of the Case of the Union of Liberation of Belarus and sentenced for 5 years to concentration camps in the Vyatka region. He died in 1933.
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Who was Uładzimir Žyłka?
Belarusian poet (1900—1933)
When was Uładzimir Žyłka born?
Uładzimir Žyłka was born on 17 May 1898 in Makašy.
When did Uładzimir Žyłka die?
Uładzimir Žyłka died on 1 March 1933 in Urzhum.
What was Uładzimir Žyłka's occupation?
Uładzimir Žyłka was a linguist, opinion journalist, literary scholar, translator, poet and writer.
What nationality was Uładzimir Žyłka?
Uładzimir Žyłka was Russian and Polish.
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