Michaś Mikałajevič Klimkovič[a] (20 November 1899 – 5 November 1954) was a Belarusian poet, librettist and author. He wrote the lyrics to the State Anthem of the Belarusian SSR, and co-wrote the lyrics to the current State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus.[1]
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Michaś Mikałajevič Klimkovič | |
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| Native name | Міхась Клімковіч Михаил Климкович |
| Born | Міхаіл Мікалаевіч Клімковіч 20 November 1899 Salitranka, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 November 1954 (aged 54) |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, librettist |
| Notable works | State Anthem of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic "My Belarusy" (co-author) |
Biography
Klimkovich was born into the family of a stoker in the village of Salitranka on 20 November 1899. Finishing a four-year pedagogical institute, he was involved in teaching, subsequently joined the revolutionary communist forces during the collapse of the Russian Empire, fighting in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1920. Between 1932 and 1937 he was a member of the organizinatinal committee in charge of the education activities of the Belarusian Writers' Union before being elected as the Belarusian Writers' Union's first-ever chairman in 1934.[2]
Aside from a number of important poems, Klimkovich authored the dramatic trilogy Georgy Skaryna and wrote librettos for several operas and a ballet.
Notes
- Belarusian: Міхась Мікалаевіч Клімковіч; Russian: Михаил Николаевич Климкович, romanized: Mikhail Nikolayevich Klimkovich
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