Highly accomplished poet, writer for adults and children, journalist, ethnographer, translator and the chronicler of Biełarusian culture; public figure, active member of the BSSR’s Writers Union from 1967 and the PEN International (Biełarusian Chapter); Mr. Paniźnik is awarded the Francysk Skaryna Medal (1991); among many other national and international awards, the recipient of UNESCO’s International Literary Prize (1992), and Latvian Order of the Three Stars (1998).
