Background
CHORNYY, Kuz’ma was born on July 7, 1900.
Belorussian novelist and short-story writer
CHORNYY, Kuz’ma was born on July 7, 1900.
1916-1919 studied at Nesvizh Teachers’Seminary. 1923-1935 studied at Literature Department, Pedagogical Faculty, Belorussian State University.
1920-1923 worked for military department, Timkovichi former small rural district Revol Committee, for Slutsk Uyezd Military Commissariat, then as teacher in Timkovichi. 1924-1928 worked for Minsk newspaper Belaruskaya vyoska: from 1928 devoted himself to lit work. 1923-1926 member, Maladnyak associate of proletarian writers.
From 1926 co-founder and chairman, Uzvyshsha lit associate. 1932 member, Organization(s) Committee, Belorussian Writers’ Union. 13 October 1938-1938 June 1939 in prison for alleged complicity in plot to kill Voroshilov.
From 1941 worked for "Soviet Belorussian” radio and broadsheet Razdavim fashistskuya gadinu in Moscow. From September 1944 in Minsk.
Member, Belorussian Writers’ Union from 1934. Communist Party member from 1943.