Vasil Bykaŭ Quotes

Vasíl Uładzímiravič Býkaŭ was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II and a significant figure in soviet and Belarusian literature and civic thought. His work earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czesław Miłosz. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. June 1924 – 22. June 2003
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Famous Vasil Bykaŭ Quotes

“Suffering makes us human. A person without suffering is just grass.”

Васіль Быкаў. Трэцяя ракета http://rv-blr.com/literature/charter/11223 // rv-blr.com (in Belarusian)

“Bureaucracy and culture are incompatible. Bureaucracy needs power, and culture is not wanted by it.”

1989. Source: [Soviet Intellectuals and Political Power: The Post-Stalin Era, Vladimir Shlapentokh, 2014, 22, 9781400861132, Princeton University Press]

“The pro-imperial dictatorship of Lukashenka keeps the direction of unification with Russia, destroying the national culture and the Belarusian language.”

Vasil Bykau, “ЁН ПРЫЕХАЎ, САМ ПАМЁР, УСЁ СПАКОЙНА…” АПОШНІЯ ТЫДНІ ВАСІЛЯ БЫКАВА https://www.svaboda.org/amp/24853764.html // svaboda.org
(in Belarusian)

“Publishers have no tight to saturate the book market with works which have no demand, which do not get sold. It would be unnatural, both economically and also, probably, morally.”

'Trava posle nas', Ogonek, 19 (1987). [The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia, A. Brown, 2004, 100, 9780230554405, Springer]

“The Communist-Fascists, who are managers of the press, remove unwanted editors and monopolize the printing base, as it is widely practiced today in Belarus.”

“Ён Прыехаў, Сам Памёр, Усё Спакойна…” Апошнія Тыдні Васіля Быкава https://www.svaboda.org/amp/24853764.html // svaboda.org
(in Belarusian)

“The nationalism of a great nation inevitably degenerates into chauvinism and imperialism. The nationalism of a small nation is aimed primarily at the survival of the nation among others.”

Правілы жыцця Васіля Быкава http://belsat.eu/news/20412/ // belsat.eu (in Belarusian)

Vasil Bykaŭ Quotes

“In a society where every third person is a communist and every second person is an informer, it is difficult to expect to win by democratic means.”

about Belarusian society
Вялікія словы на вялікай мове http://dumki.org/quote/61 // dumki.org (in Belarusian)

“The signing of the Union Treaty is not just sad. This is the crime of the century. This, of course, is the genocide of the Belarusian nation. This is the end of Belarusian history.”

“Ён Прыехаў, Сам Памёр, Усё Спакойна…” Апошнія Тыдні Васіля Быкава https://www.svaboda.org/amp/24853764.html // svaboda.org
(in Belarusian)

“Today he (Lukashenka) won by the hands of "gorillas" in black masks. Already it is clear that there will be no Parliament in Belarus, no democratic election. The remains of a free press will disappear. A presidential Junta will govern the country… Well, we can congratulate Belarusians on the previous elections. Worse cannot be done. For ourselves, for society and for future generations.”

about results of Belarusian presidential election, 1994
“Ён Прыехаў, Сам Памёр, Усё Спакойна…” Апошнія Тыдні Васіля Быкава https://www.svaboda.org/amp/24853764.html // svaboda.org
(in Belarusian)

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