There are also his characters, the most famous of them. Symon -the Musician. The poor lonely teenager who was gifted with a violin and exposed a great talent to music. The very dramatic and sad story of him, and people around him. As for me, very gloomy story. I didn't like it at all while in school. May be today it could look very different for me.
Another famous and mythologized character (actually, a true figure!): Grandpa Talash. The old man who organized a partizan squad to fight against the Poles in Polish-Russian war of 1919-1920. The old man was pretty old at the day when he joined the Red Army and took his men into the forests: he was already 75 years old! Later, during the WWII grandpa Talash joined another partizan movement and served there at the age of 99! he went though another war and lived for 103 years. I can't say much about the novel itself (The Bog), but i guess it was much more optimistic and encouraging than the previous text. Most probably, a kind of propaganda text. :)
o, great story! it is great that a poet not politician helped creation of the nation! but what confused me is that it means you have been created only in second half of last century?!
ReplyDeletei will enjoy to read stories about Simon! maybe with Daminik. also, these photos are great, I am not sure did you take them - but if you did - congrats.
Thanks for compliments! Yeah, all pictures in our virtual introduction to Minsk are taken by my camera at mobile. It's the idea: to show you it as i see it. Not two years ago, not by others, but through my eyes. :) (Though, if i need something else from photos of others i make a reference to it, so you would know).
ReplyDeleteYeah, we are considered one of the latest modern nations to appear in Europe. Majority of Europe finished process of formation of nations in the second half of XIX century and we did it just in the beginning of the XX century. Late child of Mother Europe. :)And Yakub Kolas was one of those figures who took a great share of that formation. He started in 1905 i guess.
I didn't write that last time, but Symon's story is in verses. It is a long poem. But i will try to get any good translation for you if you still keep an interest about this. :)