Ivan Shamiakin ( be, Іван Шамякін, 30 January 1921 – 14 October 2004) was a

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writer, perhaps one of the most prolific of the Soviet

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, writing in a

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style. He was born in 1921 in the village of Karma,

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, studied construction engineering in a vocational school in 1940, then fought in

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, taking part in battles near

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and in

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. After the war he studied at the

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Pedagogical University, worked as an editor and had different

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positions in the local party offices in Belarus. In 1958 Shamiakin, along with some other Belarusian writers, took part in the anti-

Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...

campaign. In 1991 he confessed that he had never been familiar with Pasternak and never read ''Doctor Zhivago'', but had followed in the steps of older comrades. Shamiakin also mentioned Pasternak's "typically Jewish cowardice". In 1963 Shamiakin worked at the

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as part of the Belarusian UN delegation. In 1980 he became the chief editor of the

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and remained in this position until 1992. In 1994 he became the

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of the

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Books

Novels

* Hlybokaja Plyn (Deep streams), 1949 * U dobry chas (In the Good Times), 1953 * Niepautornaja viasna (Unrepeatable Spring), 1957 — a part of the pentalogy ''Tryvoznaje scascie'' (Restless Happiness) * Krynicy (The Springs), 1957 * Nachnyja zarnicy (Lightnings in the Summer Night), 1958 — a part of the pentology ''Tryvoznaje scascie'' (Restless Happiness) * Ahon i snieh (Fire and Snow), 1959 — a part of the pentology ''Tryvoznaje scascie'' (Restless Happiness) * Poshuki i sustrechy (Searching and getting together), 1959 — a part of the ''Tryvoznaje scascie'' (Restless Happiness) * Serca na daloni (The Heart on the Open Palm), 1964 * Most (The Bridge), 1965 — a part of the pentology ''Tryvoznaje scascie'' (Restless Happiness) * Snieznyja zimy (Snowy winters), 1970 * Atlanty i karyjatydy (Telamones and Caryatides), 1974 * Vazmu tvoj bol (I will take your pain), 1979 * Petrahrad-Brest (Petrograd-Brest), 1983 * Zenit (Zenith), 1987 * Zlaja zorka (Wicked Star), 1993

Shorter novels and short stories collections

* Pomsta (Revenge), 1945 * Na znajomych shlachach (On the Familiar Path), 1949 * Dzvie sily (Two Forces), 1951 * Apaviadanni (Stories), 1952 * Piershaje spatkannie (The First Date), 1956 * Matchyny ruki (Mother's Hands), 1961 * Viacherni seans (Late-evening movie), 1968 * Lios majho ziemlaka (The Fate of My Fellow Countryman), 1970 * Backa i dzieci (Father and children), 1971 * Sciahi pad shtykami (Flags under bayonets), 1976 * Handlarka i paet. Shlubnaja noch. (Saleswoman and poet. Prima notte), 1976 * U rodnaj siamji (In the Native Family), 1986 * Drama (Drama), 1990 * Apoviesci Ivana Andrejevicha (Stories of Ivan Andreevich), 1993 * Dzie sciezki tyja... (Where are those paths...), 1993 * Padziennie (The Falling), 1994 * Sataninski tur (Satan's tour), 1995

Plays

* Nie viercie cishyni (Don't Believe in Silence), 1958 * Vyhnannie bludnicy (Eviction of the adulteress), 1961 * Dzieci adnaho doma (Children of one house), 1967 * I zmoukli ptushki (And the Birds Stopped Singing), 1971 * Ekzamen na vosien (Exam for the Autumn), 1973 * Batalija na luzie (The Battle on the Meadow), 1975 * Zalaty medal (The Gold Medal), 1979

Non-fiction

* Razmova z chytachom (Talking to the Reader), 1973 * Karenni i haliny (Roots and Branches), 1986 * Rozdum na aposhnim pierahonie: Dzionniki 1980–1995. (Thoughts before the last station: Diary 1980–1995), 1998

References

External links

A Plain Woman
a short story by Ivan Šamiakin {{DEFAULTSORT:Shamiakin, Ivan 1921 births 2004 deaths People from Dobruš District Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarusian dramatists and playwrights Belarusian male writers Male dramatists and playwrights Socialist realism writers Soviet non-fiction writers Soviet male writers 20th-century male writers 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Belarusian novelists Belarusian male short story writers Male novelists 20th-century novelists 20th-century short story writers 20th-century Belarusian writers Soviet military personnel of World War II People's Writers of the Byelorussian SSR Stalin Prize winners Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin 20th-century non-fiction writers Male non-fiction writers