Lyavon Barshchewski ( be, Лявон Баршчэўскі) (born March 4, 1958) is a Belarusian philologist and opposition politician. Born on March 4, 1958 in

Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Dist ...

, Barshchewski graduated from

Minsk State Linguistic University Minsk State Linguistic University (MSLU; '', МДЛУ'') is a public university in Minsk, Belarus. It specializes in language education and offers courses in 18 foreign languages including English, German, French, Spanish, etc., as well as trainin ...

in 1980. He was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 1990 to 1996. He is a member of

PEN International PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internatio ...

. From 2007–2009 he was head of the

BPF Party The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front ( abbr. BPF; be, Бел ...

, succeeded by

Alaksiej Janukievich Alaksiej Janukievich ( be, Аляксей Янукевіч, born June 30, 1976) is a Belarusian politician and leader of the Partyja BNF political party. Biography Janukievich graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University in 1997. ...

External links

The White-Red-White Banner of Polish-Belarusian Literature
a Culture.pl article on Barshchewski's anthology of Belarusian poetry ''Nie Chyliłem Czoła przed Mocą'' (I Did Not Bow Before Might)

References

1958 births Living people Belarusian politicians Belarusian philologists {{Belarus-bio-stub