Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Vasil' Uladzimiravich Bykaw; Russian: Васи́лий (Васи́ль) Влади́мирович Бы́ков, Vasiliy Vladimirovich Bykov) (June 19, 1924 - June 22, 2003) was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II, is a monumental figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought. The writer's talent and the moral courage that permeates his writings earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czesław Miłosz.
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