2.  Vladimir Korotkevich is a well-known Belarusian writer. We know him as the author of historical novels, plays and also short stories.

3.  He was born in 1930 in Orsha. Korotkevich was also a poet.  He published his first poem in 1955.

4.  Koronkevich`s best works about the past of Belarus were the novel Old Legend, the novel The Black Castle of Olshany and also his novel about Kastus Kalinovsky and the uprising of 1863.

5.  V. Korotkevich`s book The Land Beneath White Wings is about the history and culture of Belarus from old times to today.

6.  Plays by Korotkevich are staged at the theatres of Minsk, Vitebsk and other cities and towns of Belarus.

7. He died in 1984 at the age of 54.His books are popular today not only in Belarus.