Historical FigureMale
Janka Mavr
1883 – 1971
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJanka Maŭr was a Soviet and Belarusian writer, translator and playwright. Janka Maŭr was actually his pseudonym as his true name was Ivan Michajłavič Fiodaraŭ. His son, Fiodar Fiodaraŭ, was a famous Belarusian physicist.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 28, 1883
Liepāja
Date of death
August 3, 1971
Minsk
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic · Soviet Union · Belarus
Occupations & fields
translatorwriterEsperantistchildren's writernovelistsatirical novelist
Awards & honours
Order of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of the Badge of HonourMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Field and occupation
- Běloruský spisovatel, zakladatel běloruské literatury pro děti.
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