About Pavel Prudnikau
Pavel Ivanovich Prudnikau was a Belarusian writer. He was a cousin of another Belarusian writer, Ales Prudnikau. In 1924 he felt an aspiration for the literary work and created his first verse "A trip" (Belarusian: "Трапінка"). In 1930 a column of his verses was published in the newspaper "Chyrvonaya zmena" that later became a foundation of his future first book "Songs of loaders" (Belarusian: "Песні грузчыкаў") (1932, co-authorship with Y. Two years later he and his cousin Ales' Prudnikau became local school poets.
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