Ihar Kulikoŭ

Ihar Kulikoŭ
Ігар Мікалаевіч Кулікоў
Born
Ihar Mikalajevič Kulikoŭ

(1988-01-22) 22 January 1988
Minsk, Belarus
Alma materBelarusian State University
OccupationsPoet, translator
Writing career
LanguageBelarusian

Ihar Kulikoŭ (Belarusian: Ігар Мікалаевіч Кулікоў; born January 22, 1988, Minsk) is a Belarusian poet and translator.

Biography

Ihar Kulikoŭ was born on January 22, 1988, in Minsk. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University with a degree in Romance-Germanic Philology (English Department) in 2010. Kulikoŭ worked as an English language teacher at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and also taught private Sanskrit classes (2014-2021).

Literature works

Kulikoŭ is a poet and translator.[1][2][3][4][5] His works have appeared in the literary journals Dziejaslou and ARCHE. He is the author of seven poetry collections: “Паварот на мора” [A Turn Toward the Sea] (Minsk, 2011),[6] “Свамова” [Svamova] (Minsk, 2013),[7] “Сівер-гара” [Mount North] (Minsk, 2015),[8] “Валадар загадак” [The Lord of Riddles] (Minsk, 2017),[9] “Храм ракі” [A Temple of the River] (Minsk, 2019),[10] “Вецер нішто і рэха цьмы” [The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness] (Minsk, 2021),[11] and “Нетутэйшая далечыня” [A Distance Not of This Place] (Warsaw, 2025).[12]

Ihar Kulikoŭ translates from English and Sanskrit into Belarusian. His translations from English include Leaf by Niggle (Minsk, 2009) and the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Warsaw, 2023-2024) by J. R. R. Tolkien,[13] [14][15] Pulp (Minsk, 2018) by Charles Bukowski; Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Minsk, 2023),[16] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Warsaw, 2025) by an anonymous 14th-century author,[17] Dune by Frank Herbert (Warsaw, 2025),[18] and from Old English, Old English Poetry (Minsk, 2019).

His translations from Sanskrit include the Rigveda. Mandala I (Minsk, 2016);[19] Kalidasa. The Cloud Messenger (Minsk, 2017);[20] The Tale of Shakuntala (Minsk, 2018);[21] Bhartrihari. Selected Poems (Minsk, 2019);[22] and Mahabharata: Selected Tales (Minsk, 2022).[23]

Recognition and Awards

  • Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry category (2009).[24]
  • Diploma recipient of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (2011).[25]
  • Laureate of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (Special Prize category) for the book Rigveda. Mandala I (2018).[26]
  • Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry Translation category (2022) for the book Old English Poetry.[27]
  • Laureate of the Natallia Arsiennieva Prize (2026) for the book A Distance Not of This Place.[28]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

  • Паварот на мора [A Turn Toward the Sea]. Minsk, 2011, 2017. 94 pp. ISBN 978-985-7165-29-2
  • Свамова [Svamova]. Minsk : Medysont, 2013. 92 pp. ISBN 978-985-6982-92-0
  • Сівер-гара [Mount North]. Minsk : Medysont, 2015. 70 pp. ISBN 978-985-7085-95-8
  • Валадар загадак [The Lord of Riddles]. Minsk : Medysont, 2017. 100 pp. ISBN 978-985-7136-58-2
  • Храм ракі [A Temple of the River]. Minsk : A. M. Januškievič, 2019. 158 pp. ISBN 978-985-7210-23-7
  • Вецер нішто і рэха цьмы [The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness]. Minsk : A. M. Januškievič, 2021. 136 pp. ISBN 978-985-7210-95-4
  • Нетутэйшая далечыня [A Distance Not of This Place]. Warsaw : A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 170 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-37-3
  • Горад N. [City N.]. Warsaw : A. M. Januškievič, 2026. 164 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-51-9

Translations

  • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Ліст Ніґла [Leaf by Niggle]. Translated from English by I. M. Kulikoŭ // ARCHE. Minsk, 2009. No. 10 (85). Pp. 105-120.
  • Антон Кротаў [Anton Krotov]. Практыка вольных падарожжаў [A Practical Guidebook for Free Travellers]. Translated from Russian. Moscow, 2009, 2016. 84 pp.
  • Рыґведа [Rigveda]. Кола І [Mandala I]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Medysont, 2016. 592 pp. ISBN 978-985-7136-16-2
  • Калідаса [Kalidasa]. Воблачны вястун [The Cloud Messenger]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Zmitser Kolas, 2017. 92 pp. ISBN 978-985-7164-55-4
  • Аповед пра Шакунталу [The Tale of Shakuntala]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2018. 218 pp. ISBN 978-985-7165-72-8
  • Чарлз Букоўскі [Charles Bukowski]. Чытво [Pulp]. Translated from English. Minsk: Lohvinau, 2018. 484 pp. ISBN 978-609-8213-39-3
  • Бгартрыгары [Bhartrhari]. Выбраныя вершы [Selected Poems]. Translated from Sanskrit. Minsk: Zmitser Kolas, 2019. 80 pp. ISBN 978-985-23-0034-6
  • Стараангельская паэзія [Old English Poetry]. Translated from Old English. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2019. 178 pp. ISBN 978-985-7210-183
  • Магабгарата : выбраныя аповеды [Mahabharata: Selected Stories] / Translated from Sanskrit by Ihar Kulikou. Minsk: A. M. Januškievič, 2022. 484 pp. ISBN 978-985-7283-09-5
  • Роберт Фрост [Robert Frost]. Выбраныя вершы [Selected Poems]. Translated from English. Minsk: Encyklapediks, 2023. 110 pp. ISBN 978-985-7247-70-7
  • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар пярсцёнкаў. Брацтва Пярсцёнка [The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2023. 574 pp. ISBN 978-83-969297-6-1
  • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар Пярсцёнкаў. Дзве Вежы [The Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2024. 494 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-07-6
  • Дж. Р. Р. Толкін [J. R. R. Tolkien]. Валадар Пярсцёнкаў. Вяртанне Караля [The Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2024. 596 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-19-9
  • Сэр Гавейн і Зялёны Рыцар [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 232 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-29-8
  • Фрэнк Герберт [Frank Herbert]. Дзюна [Dune]. Translated from English. Warsaw: A. M. Januškievič, 2025. 750 pp. ISBN 978-83-68202-33-5

References

  1. ↑ McMillin, Arnold. The belarusian language in the twenty-first century as reflected in the verse of young poets. Studia Białorutenistyczne. Lublin : UMCS, 2015. Vol. 9. Pp. 203-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/sb.2024.18.95-119
  2. ↑ Panfilava, Anastasiya. Language experiment in Belarusian philosophical poetry. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 2017. No. 3. Pp. 37-41.
  3. ↑ McMillin, Arnold. The Heritage of Janka Bryĺ: Lyrical Miniatures by Young Belarusian Writers. Studia Białorutenistyczne. 2017. No 11. Pp. 195-208. https://doi.org/10.17951/sb.2017.11.195.
  4. ↑ McMillin, Arnold. The Fate of the Belarusian Literary Language over Half a Century. Acta Albaruthenica. 2023. Vol. 23. Pp. 63-72. https://doi.org/10.31338/2720-698Xaa.23.3.
  5. ↑ McMillin, Arnold. Three Generations of Belarusian Historical Fiction in Prose and Verse: Inspiration and Iconoclasm. Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski. 2023. Vol. 14 (2). Pp. 285-301. https://doi.org/10.31648/pw.9717
  6. ↑ A Turn Toward the Sea (Minsk, 2011)
  7. ↑ Svamova (Minsk, 2013)
  8. ↑ Mount North (Minsk, 2015)
  9. ↑ The Lord of Riddles (Minsk, 2017)
  10. ↑ A Temple of the River (Minsk, 2019)
  11. ↑ The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness (Minsk, 2021)
  12. ↑ A Distance Not of This Place (Warsaw, 2025)
  13. ↑ The Lord of the Rings has been translated into Belarusian (2023)
  14. ↑ Why do hobbits live in Belarusian villages, and elves speak Old Belarusian? The translator of The Lord of the Rings answers all the questions (2024)
  15. ↑ The third book in John Tolkien's legendary trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, has become available in Belarusian translation (2024)
  16. ↑ Selected Poems of Robert Frost published as a book in Belarusian for the first time (2024)
  17. ↑ Medieval English poem translated into Belarusian (2025)
  18. ↑ Januškievič Publishing House plans to publish Dune in Belarusian (2024)
  19. ↑ One of the oldest texts, the Rigveda, has been translated into Belarusian. Our word. No 8 (1263). P. 8.
  20. ↑ Results of the year: translated poetry (2017)
  21. ↑ Presentation of the book The Tale of Shakuntala (2018)
  22. ↑ Bhartrihari. Selected Poems (2019)
  23. ↑ To the treasury of Belarusian translated literature (2022)
  24. ↑ Carlos Sherman Literary Prize (2009)
  25. ↑ Ihar Kulikoŭ (2011)
  26. ↑ Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (2018)
  27. ↑ Carlos Sherman Award winners (2022)
  28. ↑ Ihar Kulikoŭ wins Natallia Arsiennieva Prize (2026)
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