What is Ryhor Baradulin?
[[File:Ryhor Baradulin.jpg|thumbnail|Ryhor Baradulin]] '''Ryhor Baradulin''' ({{lang-be|Рыгор Барадулін}}; February 24, 1935 – March 2, 2014) was a [[Belarus]]ian poet, essayist, editor, publisher and translator. Baradulin was the last Belarusian to be honored as a [[People's Poet]] (1992). His career began in 1953. He was nominated for a [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 2006. Baradulin was born in [[Verasowka]], Belarus. He studied at the [[Belarusian State University]] in [[Minsk]]. Baradulin died on March 2, 2014 from heart failure. He was aged 79.<ref>[http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/25282653.html Памёр Рыгор Барадулін] {{in lang|be}}</ref> He is survived by his wife Valentina Baradulin. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baradulin, Ryhor}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Belarusian poets]] [[Category:Essayists]] [[Category:Publishers]] [[Category:Translators]]