IVAN PETROVICH SHAMYAKIN IS DEDICATED ...
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Published on Thursday, 30 January 2025 06:39

On the 30th of January 2025, Ivan Petrovich Shamyakin celebrated his 104th birthday.
Since 2006 Mozyr State Pedagogical University proudly bears the name of Ivan Petrovich Shamyakin, the People's Writer of Belarus, the winner of the State and Literary Prizes of the USSR and the Republic of Belarus, the Honourable Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the classic of the national literature.
The People's Writer of Belarus was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour (1981); he was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR (1963-1985, 1980-1989) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR (1971-1985), editor-in-chief of the publishing house ‘Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia’ (1980-1992).
I.P. Shamyakin's creative work was internationally recognised. The humanistic pathos of his works, the masterly portrayal of the exploits of the Belarusian people in peacetime and during the Great Patriotic War, the writer's concern for humanity touch the hearts of representatives of different nationalities and epochs.
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