Yakub Kolas

Yakub Kolas (real name Konstantin Mitskevich) is one of the classics and founders of Belarusian literature. The first collection of the poet ("Songs of pity") was published in Vilna in 1910. The poems “Simon-Music” and “New Land”, the trilogy “On Rostany”, and the story “On Prastors Zhytsya” brought national fame to the classics.

Yakub Kolas knew the psychology of the Belarusian peasants well and wrote a lot about what worried the people. In all his works there is a detailed description of the Belarusian nature. In 1926, Yakub Kolas (the second after Yanka Kupala) was awarded the title of People's Poet of Belarus.