Ales Adámovich
Known for his straightforward character, Ales Adamovich (1927-1994), an award winning Belarusian author, screenwriter and literary critic, was an active public figure and teacher in the former Soviet Union where he wrote his most influential war novel Khatyn. During WWII he fought as a partisan; this experience became the basis for Khatyn.
After WWII he went on to receive his PhD in philology from Belarusian State University and also took graduate courses in directing and screenwriting at the...
