Sokrat Konstantinovich Janowicz (Belarusian: Сакрат Канстанцінавіч Яновіч; 19362013) was a PolishBelarusian writer, essayist, journalist, publicist and translator of Belarusian literature.[1]

Sokrat Janowicz
Native name
Belarusian: Сакрат Яновіч
Born
Sokrat Konstantinovich Janowicz

(1936-09-04)4 September 1936
Died17 February 2013(2013-02-17) (aged 76)
Krynki, Poland
Pen name
  • Adol Kastryca
  • Kolka Spluch
  • Alaksandr Antaszewicz
  • Kastuś Jankouski [1]
Occupation
Language
EducationUniversity of Warsaw
Notable awards
Signature

Career

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Janowicz studied Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw.[2]

In 1958, Janowicz co-founded of the Belarusian Literary Association [pl], known as "Białowieża".[3][4]

Janowicz wrote in both Polish and Belarusian.[4]

Awards

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  • Andrzej Drawicz Award (Polish: Nagrodę im. Andrzeja Drawicza), 2003.[2]
  • Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (Polish: Kulturze Gloria Artis), Silver Medal, 2005.[5][2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Ânovìč, Sakrat (1936-2013)". NUKAT (in Polish). Warsaw: Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zmarł Sokrat Janowicz" [Sokrat Janowicz has died]. Culture.pl (in Polish). Warsaw: Instytut Adama Mickiewicza. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. "Sokrat Janowicz nie żyje" [Sokrat Janowicz is dead]. Wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 18 February 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Zaniewska, Teresa (1996). "Weißrussische Minderheiten-Kultur" [Belarusian minority culture]. Osteuropa (in German). 46 (9). Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag: A462–A463. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. "Gloria Artis dla czternastki" [Gloria Artis for the fourteenth]. Wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 8 September 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2025.