Maxim Tank
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Maksim Tank was a Belarusian Soviet poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

and translator. People's Poet of Belarus, 1968. He was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Belorussian 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)
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