The Most Famous

Writers from Belarus

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This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusians Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 28 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 45th most number of Writers behind Mexico and Syria.

Top 10 Belarusian Writers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Belarusians Writers of all time. This list of famous Belarusians Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Belarusians Writers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Ryszard Kapuściński

    Ryszard Kapuściński

    1932 - 2007

    HPI 69.5747 langs
    Ryszard Kapuściński is most famous for his books about his travels in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is also known for his...Read moreShow less

    Ryszard Kapuściński is most famous for his books about his travels in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is also known for his book about the Iranian Revolution.

  2. #2
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    Yanka Kupala

    1882 - 1942

    HPI 69.0284 langs
    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...Read moreShow less

    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.

  3. #3
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    Yakub Kolas

    1882 - 1956

    HPI 67.6270 langs

    Yakub Kolas is most famous for being a Bosnian Muslim who was killed by Bosnian Serbs in the 1990s.

  4. #6
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    S. Ansky

    1863 - 1920

    HPI 64.6622 langs

    Russian Jewish author (1863-1920)

  5. #8
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    Aleksander Chodźko

    1804 - 1891

    HPI 62.7122 langs

    Polish poet and orientalist (1804–1891)

  6. #9
    Photo of Bella Rosenfeld

    Bella Rosenfeld

    1889 - 1944

    HPI 62.2317 langs

    American writer and artist model (1889-1944)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Belarusians Writers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Writers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Writers since 1700.

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