Background
He was born into a family of village teachers on January 24, 1914. His parents loved to sing (his father even sang in the Moscow opera for some time). During the war his father was taken to the concentration camps but managed to survive.
He was born into a family of village teachers on January 24, 1914. His parents loved to sing (his father even sang in the Moscow opera for some time). During the war his father was taken to the concentration camps but managed to survive.
Kuleshov studied in Mstislavl Primary-School Teachers' Training College.
After that he entered literary department of Belarusian Higher Pedagogical Institute.
During WWII he worked at a "front" newspaper, in the Belarusian resistance H.Q. After war he worked at Belarusfilm as a head of script department, and wrote several scripts.
His first verses were done in Russian at the age of 6. In 1926 his first poems were published in a local newspaper. His first book, The Blossoming of the Earth appeared in 1930, when he was 16. He constantly worked on his style, turning to folklore and the classics of Belarusian literature and authored many wonderful poems and ballads. He was the first to meditate on the feelings of a man coming home from a space flight and his later poetry has vivid philosophical tendencies. He translated many works from Russian and Ukrainian classics. His translations are considered some of the best in Belarusian literature. He also wrote critical reviews. Many of his poems became well-known songs.