Maxim Tank
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Maxim Tank (Belarusian: Максiм Танк, Russian: Максим Танк, real name Yevgeniy Skurko; born September 17, 1912 in village of Pilkovschina, now in Minsk Voblast, Belarus; died 1995) was a Belarusian Soviet poet and translator. He was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1965-1971. Tank died in 1995.
Collections of verses:
- On Stages (1936)
- The Cranberry Colour (1937)
- Under the Mast (1938)
- Sharpen the Arms, Through the Fiery Horizon (both 1945)
- In Order to Know (1948)
- On the Stone, Iron and Gold (1951)
- The Lightning Track (1957)
- My Daily Bread (1962)
- The Gulp of Water (1964)
- The Sheets of Calendar. Diary Notes (1970)
- Ave Maria (1980)
Poems:
- Naroch (1937)
- Yanuk Saliba (1942)
[edit] Awards
- People's Poet of Belarus, 1968
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