Jazep Pušča
Jazep Pušča, born Iosif Plaščinski Belarusian: Язэп Пушча / Язэп Паўлавіч Плашчынскі, (7 (20 May) 1902 in Karališčavičy, Minsk Powiat, Minsk Governorate, near Minsk Raion — 14 September 1964 in Minsk) was a famous Belarusian poet, critic and translator. He was born in a village of Karališčavičy in Minsk Governorate as Iosif Paulavich Plaščinski on 20 May 1902. He was a famous poet of literature. He studied literature at Minsk University from 1918 until 1921. In 1921-22, he was a study listener in Belarusian courses in the Byelorussian SSR. His career began in 1922, after releasing a collection of short stories. In 1923, he became one of the founders of the literary group Maladniak and Uzvyshsha. He was issuing amount of his poetry collections during from 1925 to 1930. In 1927, he emigrated to Soviet Union and moved to Leningrad to study. In 1925, he was educated at Belarusian State University and he abandoned his teaching and he moved back to his native hometown Minsk. For a while, he was working as a style editor in the Belarusian State Publishing House. On 25 July 1930, Pušča was arrested after a serious in connection with Case of the Union of Liberation of Belarus. On 10 April 1931, he was given a five-year sentence in the Joint State Political Directorate and he was sent to Szadryńsk. In 1936, after five years serving, he was released from prison. From 1937 to 1942, he worked as an educator in the Muromosk area. During the World War Two, he was a military personnel who fought at the front. After the war ended, he returned to Murumosk. On 30 January 1956, he was sent to rehab at the Khrushchev Thaw for two years. In 1958, he returned once again back to Minsk to see his family in Byelorussian SSR. He spent his last work and his final years in Minsk before dying. He died on 14 September 1964, aged 62 and he was privately buried at the his native birthplace in Karališčavičy.