Ihar Kulikoŭ
Ihar Kulikoŭ (born January 22, 1988, Minsk) is a Belarusian poet and translator.
Ihar Kulikoŭ
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- Name
- Ihar Kulikoŭ
- Birth Name
- Ihar Mikalajevič Kulikoŭ
- Born
- 22 January 1988
- Birthplace
- Minsk, Belarus
- Occupation
- Poet, translator
- Education
- Belarusian State University
- Fields
- poetry · translating activity
- Honours
- Carlos Sherman Literary Award · Debut Prize · Natallia Arsiennieva Award
- Languages
- Belarusian
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Biography
Biography
Ihar Kulikoŭ studied at Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University. The recorded working language is Belarusian. The field of work recorded is poetry and translating activity. Employment is recorded with Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Distinctions recorded are Carlos Sherman Literary Award, Debut Prize and Natallia Arsiennieva Award.
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Key facts
• Name — Ihar Kulikoŭ • Native Name — Ігар Мікалаевіч Кулікоў • Birth Name — Ihar Mikalajevič Kulikoŭ • Born — 22 January 1988 • Birthplace — Minsk, Belarus • Occupation — Poet, translator • Language — Belarusian • Education — Belarusian State University
Biography
Biography
Ihar Kulikoŭ was born on January 22, 1988, in Minsk. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University with a degree in Romance-Germanic Philology (English Department) in 2010. Kulikoŭ worked as an English language teacher at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and also taught private Sanskrit classes (2014-2021).
Translations
Translations
• Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Ліст Ніґла [Leaf by Niggle]. Translated from English by I. M. Kulikoŭ ARCHE. Minsk, 2009. No. 10 (85). Pp. 105-120. • Антон Кротаў [Anton Krotov]. Практыка вольных падарожжаў [A Practical Guidebook for Free Travellers]. Translated from Russian. Moscow, 2009, 2016. 84 pp. • Рыґведа [Rigveda]. Кола І [Mandala I]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Medysont, 2016. 592 pp. • Калідаса [Kalidasa]. Воблачны вястун [The Cloud Messenger]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Zmitser Kolas, 2017. 92 pp. • Аповед пра Шакунталу [The Tale of Shakuntala]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2018. 218 pp. • Чарлз Букоўскі [Charles Bukowski]. Чытво [Pulp]. Translated from English. Minsk: Lohvinau, 2018. 484 pp. • Бгартрыгары [Bhartrhari]. Выбраныя вершы [Selected Poems]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Zmitser Kolas, 2019. 80 pp. • Стараангельская паэзія [Old English Poetry]. Translated from Old English. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2019. 178 pp. • Магабгарата: выбраныя аповеды [Mahabharata: Selected Stories] / Translated from Sanskrit by Ihar Kulikou. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2022. 484 pp. • Роберт Фрост [Robert Frost]. Выбраныя вершы [Selected Poems]. Translated from English. Minsk: Encyklapediks, 2023. 110 pp. • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар пярсцёнкаў. Брацтва Пярсцёнка [The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2023. 574 pp. • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар Пярсцёнкаў. Дзве Вежы [The Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2024. 494 pp. • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар Пярсцёнкаў. Вяртанне Караля [The Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2024. 596 pp. • Сэр Гавейн і Зялёны Рыцар [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 232 pp. • Фрэнк Герберт [Frank Herbert]. Дзюна [Dune]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 750 pp.
Poetry collections
Poetry collections
• Паварот на мора [A Turn Toward the Sea]. Minsk, 2011, 2017. 94 pp. • Свамова [Svamova]. Minsk: Medysont, 2013. 92 pp. • Сівер-гара [Mount North]. Minsk: Medysont, 2015. 70 pp. • Валадар загадак [The Lord of Riddles]. Minsk: Medysont, 2017. 100 pp. • Храм ракі [A Temple of the River]. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2019. 158 pp. • Вецер нішто і рэха цьмы [The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness]. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2021. 136 pp. • Нетутэйшая далечыня [A Distance Not of This Place]. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 170 pp. • Горад N. [City N.]. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2026. 164 pp.
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Recognition and Awards
• Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry category (2009). • Diploma recipient of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (2011). • Laureate of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (Special Prize category) for the book Rigveda. Mandala I (2018). • Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry Translation category (2022) for the book Old English Poetry. • Laureate of the Natallia Arsiennieva Prize (2026) for the book A Distance Not of This Place.
Literature works
Kulikoŭ is a poet and translator. His works have appeared in the literary journals Dziejaslou and ARCHE. He is the author of seven poetry collections: “Паварот на мора” [A Turn Toward the Sea] (Minsk, 2011), “Свамова” [Svamova] (Minsk, 2013), “Сівер-гара” [Mount North] (Minsk, 2015), “Валадар загадак” [The Lord of Riddles] (Minsk, 2017), “Храм ракі” [A Temple of the River] (Minsk, 2019), “Вецер нішто і рэха цьмы” [The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness] (Minsk, 2021), and “Нетутэйшая далечыня” [A Distance Not of This Place] (Warsaw, 2025). Ihar Kulikoŭ translates from English and Sanskrit into Belarusian. His translations from English include Leaf by Niggle (Minsk, 2009) and the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Warsaw, 2023-2024) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Pulp (Minsk, 2018) by Charles Bukowski; Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Minsk, 2023), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Warsaw, 2025) by an anonymous 14th-century author, Dune by Frank Herbert (Warsaw, 2025), and from Old English, Old English Poetry (Minsk, 2019). His translations from Sanskrit include the Rigveda. Mandala I (Minsk, 2016); Kalidasa. The Cloud Messenger (Minsk, 2017); The Tale of Shakuntala (Minsk, 2018); Bhartrihari. Selected Poems (Minsk, 2019); and Mahabharata: Selected Tales (Minsk, 2022).
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