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Mikita Najdzionaŭ

Last update: 27 April 2023
Mikita Najdzionaŭ
Poet, musician, translator, author of the poetry volume Raźvitancy (Minsk: Knihazbor, 2016), former frontman of the band Hurma, author of a number of songs for various artists.

У 2007 годзе –  пераможца моладзевага конкурсу «Дні беларускай і шведскай паэзіі» ў Пінску.

У 2015 годзе – лаўрэат прэміі «Залаты апостраф» за вершы ў часопісе «Дзеяслоў».

У 2016 годзе за зборнік паэзіі «Развітанцы» быў намінаваны на прэмію «Дэбют».

In 2007, Mikita Najdzionaŭ won the youth competition Days of Belarusian and Swedish Poetry in Pinsk.

In 2015, he won the Zalaty Apostraf Award for his poems in the magazine Dziejasłoŭ.

In 2016, he was nominated for the Debut award for his poetry volume Raźvitancy.

Translated 16 songs of The Beatles into Belarusian.

On April 26, 2023, human rights defenders received information that since March 2023, Mikita Najdzionaŭ has been held in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 8 in Žodzina.

According to preliminary information, he is charged with Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order) for participating in peaceful protests against the falsification of election results in 2020.

Addendum: On July 19, 2023, the Leninski District Court in Minsk issued a decision on the criminal case of Mikita Najdzionaŭ: 3 years of detention without referral to an open-type correctional facility (home confinement).