Ihar Kulikoŭ
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| Native name | Ігар Мікалаевіч Кулікоў |
| Born | Ihar Mikalajevič Kulikoŭ 22 January 1988 |
| Occupation | Poet, translator |
| Language | Belarusian |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
Ihar Kulikoŭ (Belarusian: Ігар Мікалаевіч Кулікоў; born January 22, 1988, Minsk) is a Belarusian poet and translator.
Ihar Kulikoŭ was born on January 22, 1988, in Minsk. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Belarusian State University with a degree in Romance-Germanic Philology (English Department) in 2010. Kulikoŭ worked as an English language teacher at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and also taught private Sanskrit classes (2014-2021).
Literature works
Kulikoŭ is a poet and translator.[1][2][3][4][5] His works have appeared in the literary journals Dziejaslou and ARCHE. He is the author of seven poetry collections: “Паварот на мора” [A Turn Toward the Sea] (Minsk, 2011),[6] “Свамова” [Svamova] (Minsk, 2013),[7]“Сівер-гара” [Mount North] (Minsk, 2015),[8] “Валадар загадак” [The Lord of Riddles] (Minsk, 2017),[9] “Храм ракі” [A Temple of the River] (Minsk, 2019), [10] “Вецер нішто і рэха цьмы” [The Wind of Nothing and the Echo of Darkness] (Minsk, 2021),[11] and “Нетутэйшая далечыня” [A Distance Not of This Place] (Warsaw, 2025).[12]
Ihar Kulikoŭ translates from English and Sanskrit into Belarusian. His translations from English include Leaf by Niggle (Minsk, 2009) and the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (Warsaw, 2023-2024) by J. R. R. Tolkien, [13] [14][15] Pulp (Minsk, 2018) by Charles Bukowski; Selected Poems of Robert Frost (Minsk, 2023),[16] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Warsaw, 2025) by an anonymous 14th-century author, [17] Dune by Frank Herbert (Warsaw, 2025),[18] and from Old English, Old English Poetry (Minsk, 2019).
His translations from Sanskrit include the Rigveda. Mandala I (Minsk, 2016); [19] Kalidasa. The Cloud Messenger (Minsk, 2017);[20] The Tale of Shakuntala (Minsk, 2018);[21] Bhartrihari. Selected Poems (Minsk, 2019);[22]and Mahabharata: Selected Tales (Minsk, 2022).[23]
Recognition and Awards
- Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry category (2009).[24]
- Diploma recipient of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (2011).[25]
- Laureate of the Maksim Bahdanovič Debut Prize (Special Prize category) for the book Rigveda. Mandala I (2018).[26]
- Laureate of the Carlos Sherman Literary Prize in the Poetry Translation category (2022) for the book Old English Poetry.[27]