Ales Bialiatski

Belarusian activist, Nobel laureate (born 1962)
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Ales Bialiatski
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Ales Bialiatski was born on September 25, 1962, in Vyartsilya[1]. He held citizenship in the Soviet Union and Belarus[2]. He pursued his education at the Faculty of Philology at Gomel State University and the Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

His professional occupations include writer, human rights defender, literary scholar, literary critic, literary historian, and dissident[3][4]. He worked in the fields of literary studies, literary criticism, the history of literature, and human rights protection[4]. His employers were the Viasna Human Rights Centre and the Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum in Minsk.

He was a member of Talaka, the Coordination Council for the Transfer of Power, the Union of Belarusian Writers, and the Belarusian PEN Centre[5]. His awards include the Per Anger Prize, the Homo Homini Award, the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, the Petra-Kelly-Preis, the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award, honorary citizen of Paris, and two additional awards.

Ales Bialiatski

Summary

Ales Bialiatski is a human[1]. Born in Vyartsilya[2], he… he was born on September 25, 1962[3]. He worked as a writer[4], human rights defender[5], literary scholar[6], literary critic[7], and literary historian[8]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,209 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Ales Bialiatski was born in Vyartsilya[2].
  • Ales Bialiatski was born on September 25, 1962[3].
  • Ales Bialiatski was married to Natalia Pinchuk[10].
  • Ales Bialiatski held citizenship in Soviet Union[11].
  • Ales Bialiatski held citizenship in Belarus[12].
  • Ales Bialiatski's professions included writer[4].
  • Ales Bialiatski's professions included human rights defender[5].
  • Ales Bialiatski worked as a literary scholar[6].
  • Ales Bialiatski's professions included literary critic[7].
  • Ales Bialiatski's professions included literary historian[8].
  • Ales Bialiatski's professions included dissident[13].
  • Ales Bialiatski's field of work was literary studies[14].
  • Ales Bialiatski's field of work was literary criticism[15].
  • Ales Bialiatski's field of work was history of literature[16].
  • Ales Bialiatski's field of work was human rights protection[17].
  • Among Ales Bialiatski's employers was Viasna Human Rights Centre[18].
  • Ales Bialiatski was employed by Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum, Minsk[19].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the Per Anger Prize[20].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the Homo Homini Award[21].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize[22].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the Petra-Kelly-Preis[23].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award[24].
  • Ales Bialiatski received the honorary citizen of Paris[25].
  • Ales Bialiatski was a member of Talaka[26].
  • Ales Bialiatski was a member of Coordination Council for the Transfer of Power[27].

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Origins and Family

Ales Bialiatski was born in Vyartsilya[2]. He was born on September 25, 1962[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer[4], human rights defender[5], literary scholar[6], literary critic[7], literary historian[8], and dissident[13]. Fields of work include literary studies[14], an academic discipline[28]; literary criticism[15], a literary genre[29]; history of literature[16], an academic discipline[30]; and human rights protection[17]. Employers include Viasna Human Rights Centre[18], a human rights organization[31], in Belarus[32], founded in 1996[33], headquartered in Minsk[34] and Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum, Minsk[19], a museum[35], in Belarus[36], founded in 1980[37].

Recognition

Awards received include Per Anger Prize[20], an award[38], in Sweden[39], founded in 2004[40]; Homo Homini Award[21], an award[41], in Czech Republic[42], founded in 1994[43]; Václav Havel Human Rights Prize[22], a human rights award[44], founded in 2013[45]; Petra-Kelly-Preis[23], an award[46]; Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award[24], an award[47], in Norway[48], founded in 1980[49]; and honorary citizen of Paris[25], an award[50], in France[51].

Personal Life

Ales Bialiatski was married to Natalia Pinchuk[10].

Why It Matters

Ales Bialiatski ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,209 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] He is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

Where was Ales Bialiatski born?

Born in Vyartsilya[2], Ales Bialiatski…

Who was Ales Bialiatski married to?

Ales Bialiatski's spouses include Natalia Pinchuk[10].

What did Ales Bialiatski do for work?

Ales Bialiatski worked as writer[4], human rights defender[5], literary scholar[6], literary critic[7], and literary historian[8].

What awards did Ales Bialiatski receive?

Honors received include Per Anger Prize[20], Homo Homini Award[21], Václav Havel Human Rights Prize[22], and Petra-Kelly-Preis[23].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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