WRITER

Yanka Kupala

1882 - 1942

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Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich (Belarusian: Іван Дамінікавіч Луцэвіч; July 7 [O.S. June 25] 1882 – 28 June 1942), better known by his pen name Yanka Kupala (Янка Купала), was a Belarusian poet and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yanka Kupala is the 861st most popular writer (down from 739th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Writer.

Yanka Kupala is most famous for the Ukranian tradition of bathing in the river and drinking the water on the night of July 8th. It is believed that if one drinks the water, they will be cured of all their illnesses.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yanka Kupala ranks 861 out of 7,302. Before him are Julian Barnes, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gaius Lucilius, Al-Zamakhshari, and Georges Bernanos. After him are Stephen Covey, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Vātsyāyana, Sam Shepard, Zhang Sanfeng, and Arthur Adamov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Yanka Kupala ranks 49. Before him are Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, and Otto Neurath. After him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and August Kopff. Among people deceased in 1942, Yanka Kupala ranks 29. Before him are Michel Fokine, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Carole Lombard, Jozef Gabčík, and Chen Duxiu. After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, A. E. Waite, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Hector Guimard, and Felix Hausdorff.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Yanka Kupala ranks 19 out of 368. Before him are Meyer Lansky (1902), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Olga Korbut (1955), Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), and Zalman Shazar (1889). After him are Léon Bakst (1866), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Isser Harel (1912), Alexander Parvus (1867), Pavel Sukhoi (1895), and Stanislav Shushkevich (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Belarus

Among writers born in Belarus, Yanka Kupala ranks 2. Before him are Ryszard Kapuściński (1932). After him are Yakub Kolas (1882), Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835), Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841), S. Ansky (1863), Oscar Milosz (1877), Aleksander Chodźko (1804), Bella Rosenfeld (1889), Vasil Bykaŭ (1924), Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930), and Ales Adamovich (1927).

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