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“Even if Branisłaŭ Taraškievič had published only his Belarusian Grammar for Schools, he would have remained in the annals of [Belarusian] national history forever,”…
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Essay by HANNA KOMAR What is a country but a life sentence?Ocean Vuong, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” Leaving something after us We open…
We continue the story about the founding fathers of the Belarusian statehood, academics and writers persecuted during Stalin’s purges and whose books can be…
Alaksandar Ćvikievič (1888-1937), a well-known politician, lawyer, philosopher and publicist, stood at the origins of the diplomacy of the newly established Belarusian Democratic Republic…
One of the most fascinating persons featured in our exhibition is a poetess and public figure Łarysa Hienijuš (1910-1983). She devoted her life to…
A special place in our exhibition belongs to Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski (1883 – 1938) – writer, historian, ethnographer, publicist, political figure, and one of the…
A linocut Janka Kupała by Barys Zaboraŭ, included in the compilation Selected Lyrics (Minsk, 1967), which the artist donated to the Skaryna Library. Janka…
The local newspaper in the area where our library is located has published a long interview with members of the library board, Karolina Matskevich…
Dr Maria Ivanova, Lecturer at the McGill University, shares notes about her stay at the Library as part of the programme for researchers of…
Shirin Akiner (1942-2019) came to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of London University in 1965 as one of several ‘mature’ students…
For 57 years, from 1948 to 1985, UNESCO published its Collection of Representative Works, a series of books aiming to popularise major works of…
I first visited the Library, then housed on the first floor of Marian House in 1963, soon after I had started doctoral work on the…
On 21 June Prof Arnold McMillin will celebrate his 75th birthday. Until he retired in 2006, he was a Chair of Russian Literature at…
Prof. Arnold McMillin is dearly loved for his enormous contribution to studying and popularising Belarusian literature, for supporting the Belarusian community in Britain and…
Jim DingleyEnglish text – January 2016. This paper was delivered at the Congress of the International Association of Belarusianists (Міжнародная асацыяцыя беларусістаў), held in Miensk in…
В Беларусской библиотеке в Лондоне довелось познакомиться с интересным историческим документом – по сути дела, политической программой беларусской послевоенной эмиграции. Этот документ – Манифест Беларусского освободительного…
Ihar Ivanoŭ This article appeared in Belarusian Review, Vol. 27, No. 3. When few months ago the Anglo-Belarusian Society held an event commemorating the…
Aleksey Gibson In his short memoir for the Skaryna Library, an American Slavist Aleksey Gibson recalls his time as a student in London in 1978-1982….
Kanstancin Kasiak. Originally published in Belarusian by Budzma The Spanish radio network Cadena SER recently published hitherto unknown documents from the archives of the…
An unlikely venue – Hey, what are you writing about now? – I was asked every once in a while some time ago. –…