Janka Lučyna
Jan Niesłuchowski (1851, Minsk – 1897, Minsk), better known by his pen name Janka Lučyna (Yanka Luchyna), was a poet from the Russian Empire who wrote in Belarusian, Polish, and Russian. A son of a civil court clerk, Niesłuchowski graduated from Saint Petersburg Institute of Technology and worked as a railway engineer. Because of a leg disease he needed crutches to walk.
Also recorded as Yanka Luchina
Janka Lučyna

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- Name
- Janka Lučyna Янка Лучына
- Born
- 1851. · Minsk.
- Died
- 1897. · Minsk.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- translator, poet and writer.
- Fields
- literature.
- Education
- Minsk men's gymnasium.
- Languages
- Belarusian, Russian and Polish.
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A collection of his Belarusian poems and translations, Viazanka (A Bundle) was published in 1903, several years after his death, earning him a place among the founders of the modern Belarusian literature.
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Janka Lučyna lived from 1851 to 1897 and was a writer. Janka Lučyna was born in 1851 and died in 1897.
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• Name — Janka Lučyna Янка Лучына
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Janka Lučyna is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as a citizen of Russian Empire. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Identity and origins. He also worked under the names Янка Лучына, Янка Лучина and Янко Лучина. The authorities additionally record the heading Yanka Luchina. His recorded languages were Belarusian, Russian and Polish.
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1851
Janka Lučyna was born on 6 July 1851.
1897
Janka Lučyna died on 16 July 1897.
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- 1.Пачынальнікі: 3 гісторыка-літаратурных матэрыялаў XIX ст. / Уклад. Г. Кісялёў. Мн., 1977. С. 474.
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