Maksim Tank (Jaŭhien Skurko)
9/17/1912 - 8/7/1995
«On Stages» (1936)
«Narach» (1937)
«On the Road» (1954)
«The Lightning Track» (1957)
«The Gulp of Water» (1964)
1932-1934
Political position
participated in the Belarusian underground communist activism, writing for Belarusian and Polish underground publications. In 1932, he was arrested.
1932-19341940
USSR Writers Union
Adopted in USSR Union of Writers.
19401941-1945
WWII
During the Eastern Front of World War II he continued to work in the front-line press.
1941-19451945—1948
«Vozhyk»
worked as editor at the satirical magazine Vozhyk
1945—19481948—1966
«Polymia»
was editor in chief of the major Belarusian literature magazine Polymia.
1948—19661966-1990
chairman of the Union of Writers of Belarus
worked as the first secretary, then chairman of the Union of Writers of Belarus.
1966-19901972
Academician of the Belarusian SSR
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Belarusian SSR.
1972