Henadz Buraukin dies
The Belarusian poet and statesman has died at the age of 77.
Buraukin died in his Minsk flat. He had been suffering from cancer.
Henadz Buraukin was born on August 28, 1936 in the village of Shulyatsina, Rasony District. He graduated from the BSU faculty of journalism in 1959. Buraukin worked for the magazine Belarus’ Communist, newspaper Literature and Art, was a Pravda reporter in Belarus and the editor-in-chief of the magazine Maladost.
He was the head of the BSSR State Radio and Television in 1978-1990 but was sacked from the position for his democratic views and became a diplomat. He was a permanent representative of Belarus in the UN and deputy Minister of Culture and Press, headed the Belarusian Language Association and was a member of the PEN-centre.
