List of Belarusian writers
Below is an alphabetical list of famous novelists, poets, and playwrights, who are Belarusian or of Belarusian origin.
A
- Aleś Adamovič, writer and critic.
- Kastuś Akuła, writer and journalist.
- Śviatłana Aleksijevič, investigative journalist and prose writer.
- Francišak Alachnovič, writer, journalist and Gulag survivor.
- Natalla Arsieńnieva, playwright, poet, and translator.
B
- Alhierd Bacharevič, writer and translator.
- Maksim Bahdanovič, poet, journalist and literary critic.
- Francišak Bahuševič, poet, writer and lawyer.
- Ryhor Baradulin, poet, essayist and translator
- Źmitrok Biadula, poet, writer and activist.
- Alexander Bogdanov, philosopher and revolutionary.
- Janka Bryl, short-story writer.
- Symon Budny, humanist scholar and educator.
- Vasil Bykaŭ, novelist.
C
- Ciotka, poet and political activist.
Č
- Jan Čačot, romantic poet and ethnologist.
- Kuźma Čorny, novelist.
D
- Siarhiej Dubaviec, journalist and writer.
- Uładzimier Duboŭka, poet and nationalist.
- Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievič, writer, poet, dramatist and social activist.
F
- Sasha Filipenko, writer and journalist.
H
- Maksim Harecki, folklorist and scholar.
- Ciška Hartny, poet, writer and journalist.
- Alés Harun, poet, story writer and dramatist.
- Larysa Hienijuš, poet, writer and nationalist.
- Adam Hlobus, writer, poet, and artist.
K
- Karuś Kahaniec, poet and writer
- Kastuś Kalinoŭski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary.
- Ihnat Kančeŭski, poet, philosopher and publicist
- Uładzimier Karatkievič, romantic writer.
- Hienadź Klaŭko, poet and translator.
- Jakub Kołas, poet, dramatist and writer.
- Moyshe Kulbak, writer.
- Janka Kupała, poet and writer.
Ł
- Vaclaŭ Łastoŭski, critic, literary historian and politician.
M
- Viktar Martinowich, writer and journalist.
- Janka Maŭr, writer.
- Ivan Mielež, novelist and playwright.
N
- Uładzimier Niaklajeŭ, poet and writer.
O
- Theodore Odrach
- Napoleon Orda, musician, composer, artist and writer.
P
- Zianon Paźniak, politician.
- Sergiusz Piasecki, writer.
- Alaksandar Patupa, philosopher, scientist and human rights activist.
- Aleś Prudnikaŭ, poet.
- Pavał Prudnikaŭ, writer.
- Jazep Pušča, poet.
R
- Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, dramatist and writer.
- Ryhor Reles, Jewish writer in Yiddish.
- Alexander Rypinski, poet, translator and folklorist.
S
- Leŭ Sapieha, nobleman and statesman.
- Francysk Skaryna, publisher and translator.
- Aleksandr Skorobogatov
- Uładzimier Sodal, specialist in literature, journalist, researcher, local historian.
- Uładzisłaŭ Syrakomla, romantic poet, writer and translator.
Š
- Ivan Šamiakin, socialist realist writer.
- Fabijan Šantyr, Belarusian poet, writer and public figure who is regarded as “the first victim of in…Belarusian politics and literature”.
- Karłas Šerman, translator.
T
- Maksim Tank, poet and translator.
- Kiryła Turaŭski, bishop and saint.
- Siarhiej Trachimionak, writer, screenwriter.
V
- Lavon Volski, musician, writer and painter.
- Joannis Vislicensis, epic poet.