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Ales Bialiatski

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 2022
The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy
Citizenship
Soviet Union Soviet Union Belarus Belarus
Languages
Belarusian, Russian
date of birth
9/25/1962
place of birth
Vyartsilya
Age
63 years
educated at
  • Faculty of Philology, Gomel State University
    • academic major: Russian
    • academic major: Belarusian
    • end time: 1/1/1984
  • Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
    • end time: 1/1/1989
position held
  • The Minsk City Council of Deputies
    • start time: 1/1/1991
    • end time: 1/1/1996
field of work
  • literary criticism
  • literary studies
  • human rights protection
  • history of literature
occupation
  • dissident
  • literary scholar
  • literary critic
  • literary historian
  • human rights defender
  • man of letters
  • writer
  • teacher
member of
  • Belarusian Popular Front
  • Coordination Council for the Transfer of Power
  • Martyrology of Belarus
  • Talaka
  • Union of Belarusian Writers
  • belarusian catholic community
  • Tuteyshyya
  • Belarusian PEN Centre
employer
  • Viasna Human Rights Centre
  • Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum, Minsk
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