Ales Staver Belarusian Soviet poet. Date of Birth: 10.08.1929 Country: Belarus

1. Ales Staver: A Belarusian Soviet Poet
2. The Adult Period of Ales Staver's Poetry
3. Biography of Ales Staver

Ales Staver: A Belarusian Soviet Poet

Ales Staver was a Belarusian Soviet poet and a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR (1962). He published his first poems in a local newspaper in Borisov in 1949. From then on, the poet's works began to appear in the republic's press, and in 1959, his poetry collection, "Sunset over the Birch," was published. The book was immediately noticed by the literary community for its melodiousness and tenderness. It contained an abundance of sun, joy, youthful enthusiasm, and immediacy. The poet revealed his primary world of kindness, humanity, great love for people, and, above all, for his fellow countrymen and the heroic deeds they accomplished during the Great Patriotic War. He spoke on behalf of his peers - the children of war who were destined to endure the harsh years of fascist occupation.

The Adult Period of Ales Staver's Poetry

The adult period of Ales Staver's poetry was marked by writing verses for popular song ensembles such as "Zhuravli na Polesye letyat" (Cranes Fly to Polesie) and others, such as "Syabry" (Friends). Ales Staver told the story of himself and his difficult fate during the blockade of the partisan region, the loss of his parents, being taken to Germany by the Nazis, and his return home at the end of 1945. He recounted these events in his well-known novel "Pod konvoem" (Under Convoy), in the collection of stories "K svoim" (To My Own), and in the book "Lesnye povesti" (Forest Tales). The poet had excellent knowledge of national folklore, and many of his works were based on folk traditions, filled with warm, healthy humor, and sincere openness.

Biography of Ales Staver

Ales Staver studied at the Borisov Pedagogical College and graduated from the Philology Faculty of the Minsk Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky in 1954. He worked as a teacher of the Belarusian language and literature at the Begoml Middle School, an inspector of schools in the Logoysk district, a researcher at the Institute of Arts, Ethnography, and Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, and the head of the literary section of the Belarusian State Philharmonic. On July 23, 1995, Ales Staver tragically died in a car accident.