Francišak Bahuševič


Francišak Bahuševič was a Belarusian poet, writer and lawyer, considered to be one of the initiators of modern Belarusian literature.

Biography

Bahuševič was born in Ambary Manor in the Vilna uezd of the Vilna Governorate. As known, this manor in the end life was got by Vasily Tyapinsky. Bahuševič participated in the January Uprising of 1863-1864. After this, Bahuševič left Belarus to live in Ukraine, where he studied in Nezhinsk legal liceum. He worked as a lawyer defending the rights of the peasantry. After amnesty for all participants of the revolt was announced, dated for an ascension on the throne of Alexander III, he moved with his family back to Vilna. There he worked in a law office and wrote clauses to the magazine Kraj in Polish. After dismissal of veins in Kushlyany, he died. He is buried in the village of Zhuprany in the Ashmyany District.

Works

Bahuševič was an initiator of critical realism in Belarusian literature. His works are closely connected with Belarusian folklore. He published two collections of poems, Dudka biełaruskaja and Smyk biełaruski, in Austria-Hungary. Bahuševič published his works under the pseudonyms Maciej Buračok, Symon Reŭka z-pad Barysava.
The northwest dialect of Belarusian language is put in a basis of language of his works.