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'''Yakub Kolos''' (also '''Jakub Kołos''', {{lang-be|Яку́б Ко́лас}}, {{OldStyleDate|November 3|1882|October 22}} – August 13, 1956), real name '''Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich''' (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, {{Lang-pl|Konstanty Mickiewicz}}) was a Belarussian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]] (1926), member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Belarus|Belarusian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="bel navuka">{{cite book |last1=Мушынскі |first1=М. І. |title=Летапіс жыцця і творчасці Якуба Коласа |date=2012 |publisher=Беларуская навука |location=Мінск |isbn=978-985-08-1460-9}}</ref>
'''Yakub Kolas''' (also '''Jakub Kołas''', {{langx|be|Яку́б Ко́лас}}, {{OldStyleDate|November 3|1882|October 22}} – August 13, 1956), real name '''Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich''' (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, {{langx|ru|Константи́н Миха́йлович Мицке́вич}}, {{Langx|pl|Konstanty Mickiewicz}}) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]] (1926), member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Belarus|Belarusian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="bel navuka">{{cite book |last1=Мушынскі |first1=М. І. |title=Летапіс жыцця і творчасці Якуба Коласа |date=2012 |publisher=Беларуская навука |location=Мінск |isbn=978-985-08-1460-9}}</ref>

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In his works, Yakub Kolas was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. He wrote collections of poems ''Songs of Captivity'' ({{langx|ru|Песни неволи}}, 1908) and ''Songs of Grief'' ({{langx|be|Песьні-жальбы}}, 1910), poems ''A New Land'' ({{langx|be|Новая зямля}}, 1923) and ''Simon the Musician'' ({{langx|be|Сымон-музыка}}, 1925), stories, and plays. His poem ''The Fisherman's Hut'' ({{langx|be|Рыбакова хата}}, 1947) is about the fight after unification of Belarus with the Soviet state. His trilogy ''At a Crossroads'' ({{langx|ru|На перепутье}}, 1925) is about the pre-Revolutionary life of the Belarusian peasantry and the democratic intelligentsia. He was awarded the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1946 and 1949.<ref name="bel navuka" />

== Biography ==
Kanstantsin Mitskievich was born in {{OldStyleDate|November 3|1882|October 22}} in a village [[Stowbtsy|Akinchytsy]] of [[Minsk Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]], in a family of a forester. He graduated from Nesvizh Teachers' Seminary in 1902, and was sent as a teacher to a village in [[Palesse]] region. He took part in an illegal teachers convention in 1906, was fired and jailed for three years in Minsk. After jail he became a journalist for ''[[Nasha dolya]]'' newspaper, there he first used the name "Yakub Kolas". In 1915 he was mobilized into the army. In 1916, after graduating from the Moscow Alexander Military School with the rank of warrant officer, he served in a reserve regiment in Perm. In the summer of 1917 he was sent to the Romanian front, but for health reasons he was demobilized. In 1921 Kolas returned to Minsk to work in the newly established Institute of Belarusian Culture. In 1928 Institute was transformed into the Academy of Sciences, Kolas became an academician there, and later a vice president. In 1926 he was named a "People's Poet of Belarus". During the World War 2 Kolas was in evacuation in Russia. He died in Minsk, in August 13, 1956.<ref>{{cite web |title=Якуб Колас |url=https://csl.bas-net.by/personalii/66048/mickevich-konstantin-mihailovich/ |website=Центральная научная библиотека НАН Беларуси |access-date=13 May 2023 |language=ru}}</ref>

[[File:Kanstancin_Mickievič_(Jakub_Kolas)._Канстанцін_Міцкевіч_(Якуб_Колас)_(1921).jpg|thumb|Kolas in 1921]]


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In his works, Yakub Kolos was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. He wrote collections of poems ''Songs of Captivity'' ({{lang-ru|Песни неволи}}, 1908) and ''Songs of Grief'' ({{lang-be|Песьні-жальбы}}, 1910), poems ''A New Land'' ({{lang-be|Новая зямля}}, 1923) and ''Simon the Musician'' ({{lang-be|Сымон-музыка}}, 1925), stories, and plays. His poem ''The Fisherman's Hut'' ({{lang-be|Рыбакова хата}}, 1947) is about the fight after unification of Belarus with the Soviet state. His trilogy ''At a Crossroads'' ({{lang-ru|На перепутье}}, 1925) is about the pre-Revolutionary life of the Belarusian peasantry and the democratic intelligentsia. He was awarded the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1946 and 1949.<ref name="bel navuka" />
[[File:Kanstantyn Mickievič (Jakub Kołas). Канстантын Міцкевіч (Якуб Колас) (1924) (2).jpg|thumb|Kolas in 1924]]
In his honor, the [[Yakub Kolas Square]] and the [[Yakub Kolas Street]] in the center of [[Minsk]] bear his name.<ref name="bel navuka" />
In his honor, the [[Yakub Kolas Square]] and the [[Yakub Kolas Street]] in the center of [[Minsk]] bear his name.<ref name="bel navuka" />


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<!--[[File:RR5009-0004R BU Писатель Якуб Колас, к 110-летию со дня рождения.png|thumb|200px|Russian [[Russian ruble|1 rouble]] coin commemorating the 110th anniversary of Kolas' birth, 1992.]]-->
[[File:Belarus-Minsk-Yakub Kolas Square-2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yakub Kolas Monument in [[Minsk]]]]
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[[File:RR5009-0004R BU Писатель Якуб Колас, к 110-летию со дня рождения.png|thumb|200px|Russian [[Russian ruble|1 rouble]] coin commemorating the 110th anniversary of Kolas' birth, 1992.]]


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Latest revision as of 21:50, 7 November 2024

Yakub Kolas
Якуб Колас
BornKanstantsin Mihaylavich Mitskievich
November 3 [O.S. October 22] 1882
Akinchytsy, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 13, 1956 (aged 73)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, dramatist, poet, translator
NationalityBelarusian
Period1906–1956

Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, Belarusian: Яку́б Ко́лас, November 3 [O.S. October 22] 1882 – August 13, 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, Russian: Константи́н Миха́йлович Мицке́вич, Polish: Konstanty Mickiewicz) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.[1]

In his works, Yakub Kolas was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. He wrote collections of poems Songs of Captivity (Russian: Песни неволи, 1908) and Songs of Grief (Belarusian: Песьні-жальбы, 1910), poems A New Land (Belarusian: Новая зямля, 1923) and Simon the Musician (Belarusian: Сымон-музыка, 1925), stories, and plays. His poem The Fisherman's Hut (Belarusian: Рыбакова хата, 1947) is about the fight after unification of Belarus with the Soviet state. His trilogy At a Crossroads (Russian: На перепутье, 1925) is about the pre-Revolutionary life of the Belarusian peasantry and the democratic intelligentsia. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1946 and 1949.[1]

Biography

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Kanstantsin Mitskievich was born in November 3 [O.S. October 22] 1882 in a village Akinchytsy of Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire, in a family of a forester. He graduated from Nesvizh Teachers' Seminary in 1902, and was sent as a teacher to a village in Palesse region. He took part in an illegal teachers convention in 1906, was fired and jailed for three years in Minsk. After jail he became a journalist for Nasha dolya newspaper, there he first used the name "Yakub Kolas". In 1915 he was mobilized into the army. In 1916, after graduating from the Moscow Alexander Military School with the rank of warrant officer, he served in a reserve regiment in Perm. In the summer of 1917 he was sent to the Romanian front, but for health reasons he was demobilized. In 1921 Kolas returned to Minsk to work in the newly established Institute of Belarusian Culture. In 1928 Institute was transformed into the Academy of Sciences, Kolas became an academician there, and later a vice president. In 1926 he was named a "People's Poet of Belarus". During the World War 2 Kolas was in evacuation in Russia. He died in Minsk, in August 13, 1956.[2]

Kolas in 1921

In his honor, the Yakub Kolas Square and the Yakub Kolas Street in the center of Minsk bear his name.[1]


Bibliography

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Biographies

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  • Вялікі пясняр беларускага народа. Зборнік артыкулаў аб жыцці і дзейнасці Якуба Коласа. Мінск, 1959.
  • З жыццяпісу Якуба Коласа: Дакументы і матэрыялы / Уклад., уступ. артыкул і імян. паказ. Г. В. Кісялёва; Рэд. В. В. Барысенка, М. І. Мушынскі. Мінск, 1982.
  • Казбярук У. М. Колас Якуб // Беларуская энцыклапедыя. У 18 т. Т. 8. Мінск, 1999. С. 382—384.
  • Лужанін М. Колас расказвае пра сябе. Мінск, 1982.
  • Мацюх М. Д., Мушынскі М. І. Колас Якуб // Беларускія пісьменнікі: Біябібліягр. слоўн. У 6 т. Т. 3 / Ін-т літ. імя Я. Купалы АН Рэспублікі Беларусь, Беларус. Энцыкл.; Пад рэд. А. В. Мальдзіса. Мінск, 1994. С. 299—304.
  • Мушынскі М. І. Коласазнаўства // Беларуская энцыклапедыя. У 18 т. Т. 8. Мінск:, 1999. С. 386—387.
  • Мушынскі М. І. Якуб Колас: Летапіс жыцця і творчасці. Мінск, 1982.
  • Мушынскі М. І. Летапіс жыцця і творчасці Якуба Коласа. — Мінск: Беларуская навука, 2012. — 1127 с. — ISBN 978-985-08-1460-9.
  • Навуменка І. Я. Якуб Колас: Нарыс жыцця і творчасці. Мінск, 1982.
  • Разам з народам. Матэрыялы юбілейнай навуковай сесіі АН БССР, прысвечанай 100-годдзю з дня нараджэння Янкі Купалы і Якуба Коласа / Пад рэд. І. Я. Навуменкі. Мінск, 1983.
  • Тычына М. Колас Якуб // Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 4. Мінск, 1997. С. 225—227.
  • Якуб Колас: Да 100-годдзя з дня нараджэння. Біябібліягр. паказ. / Склад. Н. Б. Ватацы, М. І. Пратасевіч, Н. А. Адамовіч, А. Б. Дунаеўская; Рэд. В. П. Рагойша. Мінск, 1983.
  • Янка Купала і Якуб Колас у кантэксце славянскіх літаратур. — Мн., 2002.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Мушынскі, М. І. (2012). Летапіс жыцця і творчасці Якуба Коласа. Мінск: Беларуская навука. ISBN 978-985-08-1460-9.
  2. ^ "Якуб Колас". Центральная научная библиотека НАН Беларуси (in Russian). Retrieved May 13, 2023.
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