| Ales Prudnikau Алесь Пруднікаў |
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Ales Prudnikau |
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| Born | Alyaksandr Traphimavich Prudnikau (Belarusian: Аляксандр Трафімавіч Пруднікаў) April 14 [O.S. 1] 1910 village Stary Dzedzin, Klimavichy pavet/uyezd of the Mogilev Governance, the Russian Empire now Klimovichy raion/district of the Mahilyow Voblast, the Republic of Belarus |
| Died | August 5, 1941 village Utuki, the Kondopoga raion of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Period | 1926-1941 |
Ales Prudnikau (April 14, 1910 - August 5, 1941) was a Belarusian poet. He was a cousin of another Belarusian writer, Pavel Prudnikau.
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Ales Prudnikau was born in a peasant family. His father Traphim was called to the front at the time of World War I, was hardly injured and died soon.[1] Because of the instable situation Ales couldn't find a constant place for studying for a long time. In 1924-1930 he was studying in the seven-years school in the village Miloslavicy. In 1930 worked at the building of the railway Asipovichy - Mahilyow - Roslavl, then since 1931 worked in Minsk (in editory, in Belarusian Telegraph Agency). In 1932-1933 was studying at the creative department of the Minsk pedagogical intitute. In March 1933 was arrested but after eight months was liberated but just was called to Red Army, where was serving till 1935. In 1935-1936 worked in local Klimovichy newspaper "Kamuna". In 1938 graduated from the Leningrad pedagogical institute. He worked as the teacher, then inspector of the Petrovo (now Kondopoga) raion of Karelian ASSR (in 1940-1956 - the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic), at the same time was studying at the philological faculty of the Karelian University. Since the first days of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, it was an intelligence operator at the front. He was killed at August 5 of 1941 near the village Utuki of Kondopoga raion. He was rehabilitated in 1956.
Ales Prudnikau began his creative activity as a school poet together with his cousin Pavel Prudnikau in 1926.[2] The time of his studying coincided with the process of belarusization in BSSR, so it defined that he began to create his verses in Belarusian. At the same time he was an informal correspondent of some newspapers. For example, after a treasure of ancient coins had been found in the village Stary Dzedzin, he has written a report to the newspaper "Belarusian village" (Belarusian: "Беларуская вёска") together with Pavel.[3] (For more information, look an article Stary Dzedzin). His first verses were published in 1930. In 1932 he wrote a poem "Stars of the Earth" (Belarusian: "Зямныя зоры") that was published as a book where he told about buildings of the First Five-Year Plan.[4] Some of his verses were published in the book "With the Blood of the Heart" (Belarusian: "Крывёю сэрца", 1967).