Ivan Shamiakin

In 1958 Shamiakin, along with some other Belarusian writers, took part in the anti-Boris Pasternak campaign. In 1991 he confessed that he had never been familiar with Pasternak and never read Doctor Zhivago, but had followed in the steps of older comrades. Shamiakin also mentioned Pasternak's "typically Jewish cowardice". In 1963 Shamiakin worked at the United Nations as part of the Belarusian UN delegation. In 1980 he became the chief editor of the Byelorussian Soviet Encyclopedia and remained in this position until 1992. In 1994 he became the academician of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ivan Shamiakin studied at Francisk Scorina Homiel State University and Minsk Higher Party School. The recorded working language is Belarusian and Russian. The field of work recorded is literature and drama. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are melodrama. Employment is recorded with Belarus, Нёман and Belarusian Petrus Brouka Encyclopedia. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour and Order of the October Revolution.

• Name — Ivan Shamiakin Іван Шамякін • Born — 30 January 1921 • Birthplace — Karma, Gomel Governorate, Russian SFSR (now Belarus) • Died — 14 October 2004 • Place of death — Minsk, Belarus • Occupation — writer

• Hlybokaja Plyn (Deep streams), 1949 • U dobry chas (In the Good Times), 1953 • Niepautornaja viasna (Unrepeatable Spring), 1957 — a part of the pentalogy Tryvoznaje scascie (Restless Happiness) • Krynicy (The Springs), 1957 • Nachnyja zarnicy (Lightnings in the Summer Night), 1958 — a part of the pentology Tryvoznaje scascie (Restless Happiness) • Ahon i snieh (Fire and Snow), 1959 — a part of the pentology Tryvoznaje scascie (Restless Happiness) • Poshuki i sustrechy (Searching and getting together), 1959 — a part of the Tryvoznaje scascie (Restless Happiness) • Serca na daloni (The Heart on the Open Palm), 1964 • Most (The Bridge), 1965 — a part of the pentology Tryvoznaje scascie (Restless Happiness) • Snieznyja zimy (Snowy winters), 1970 • Atlanty i karyjatydy (Telamones and Caryatides), 1974 • Vazmu tvoj bol (I will take your pain), 1979 • Petrahrad-Brest (Petrograd-Brest), 1983 • Zenit (Zenith), 1987 • Zlaja zorka (Wicked Star), 1993

• Nie viercie cishyni (Don't Believe in Silence), 1958 • Vyhnannie bludnicy (Eviction of the adulteress), 1961 • Dzieci adnaho doma (Children of one house), 1967 • I zmoukli ptushki (And the Birds Stopped Singing), 1971 • Ekzamen na vosien (Exam for the Autumn), 1973 • Batalija na luzie (The Battle on the Meadow), 1975 • Zalaty medal (The Gold Medal), 1979

• Razmova z chytachom (Talking to the Reader), 1973 • Karenni i haliny (Roots and Branches), 1986 • Rozdum na aposhnim pierahonie: Dzionniki 1980–1995. (Thoughts before the last station: Diary 1980–1995), 1998

• Pomsta (Revenge), 1945 • Na znajomych shlachach (On the Familiar Path), 1949 • Dzvie sily (Two Forces), 1951 • Apaviadanni (Stories), 1952 • Piershaje spatkannie (The First Date), 1956 • Matchyny ruki (Mother's Hands), 1961 • Viacherni seans (Late-evening movie), 1968 • Lios majho ziemlaka (The Fate of My Fellow Countryman), 1970 • Backa i dzieci (Father and children), 1971 • Sciahi pad shtykami (Flags under bayonets), 1976 • Handlarka i paet. Shlubnaja noch. (Saleswoman and poet. Prima notte), 1976 • U rodnaj siamji (In the Native Family), 1986 • Drama (Drama), 1990 • Apoviesci Ivana Andrejevicha (Stories of Ivan Andreevich), 1993 • Dzie sciezki tyja... (Where are those paths...), 1993 • Padziennie (The Falling), 1994 • Sataninski tur (Satan's tour), 1995