What is Uladzimir Karatkievich?
'''Uladzimir Karatkievich''' or '''Vladimir Korotkevich''' (26 November 1930 – 25 July 1984) was a [[Belarus]]ian [[romanticism|romantic]] [[writer]]. Karatkievich was born in 1930 in [[Orsha]], [[Vitebsk Voblast|Viciebsk region]]. In 1954 he graduated from [[Kiev University]]. Later, he completed advanced [[literature]] courses (1960), and then [[cinematography]] (1962), both in [[Moscow]]. Literature then became his main job. His first published work was a [[poem]] that appeared in 1951. He published a large number of short stories, in collections entitled ''[[Chazenia]]'', ''[[The Eye of the Typhoon]]'', ''[[From Past Ages]]'', and others. He also wrote the [[novel]]s ''[[Unforgettable (Belarusian novel)|Unforgettable]]'' and ''[[The Dark Castle Olshansky]]''. Karatkievich's most popular work is the novel ''[[The Wild Hunt of King Stakh]]'' Karatkievič also wrote a number of [[Play (theatre)|plays]], [[essay]]s, articles, [[screenplay]]s for short and feature [[movie]]s. He also wrote some very interesting [[detective]] and [[adventure]] stories. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karatkievic, Uladzimir}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Belarusian writers]]