Янка Брыль

Uladzimir Kalesnik and Yanka Bryl were friends since World War II. They were members of a partisan detachment. They maintained friendly ties until the last days. Their families also were on friendly terms. There were no secrets and there was nothing the researcher could have failed to mention. He writes about Bryl’s private life, meetings with writers and publishers, joint trips and joint projects (“Between the Fields,” “We Come from a Fire Village”). Yanka Bryl’s life was like an open book for Kalesnik. Yanka Bryl: The Story of Life and Creative Work by Uladzimir Kalesnik is an in-depth analysis of the writer’s personality in the context of historical developments. The author recounts incidents from the writer’s private life, follows his career, and shows how changes in society and historical developments influenced his works. The book targets a broad circle of readers. (N.H.)