As per our current Database, Vasil Bykaw is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Vasil Bykaw is 99 years, 11 months and 2 days old. Vasil Bykaw will celebrate 100rd birthday on a Wednesday 19th of June 2024. Below we countdown to Vasil Bykaw upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Vasil Bykaw |
Occupation | Novelist |
Age | 99 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Born | June 19, 1924 (Belarus) |
Birthday | June 19 |
Town/City | Belarus |
Nationality | Belarus |
Vasil Bykaw’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Vasil Bykaw was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
A prolific World War II-era author and Nobel Prize nominee, he is considered one of the most important Belarusian literary figures. His works include The Wall, The Long Road Home, and The Obelisk.
He joined the Red Army in his late teens. He published his first short story, Crane's Cry, in 1960.
In 1980, he was named the People's Writer of the Belarusian SSR.
He was survived by his wife Iryna.
Russian writer Joseph Brodsky endorsed Bykaw for the Nobel Prize in Literature.