Background
MAUR, Yanka was born in 1883 in Libava, Latvia.
MAUR, Yanka was born in 1883 in Libava, Latvia.
was thrown out for being a member of an underground revolutionary club. Nevertheless in 1903 he successfully passed all the exams as a non-resident student and became a high school teacher.
In 1906 took part in the underground meeting of the Belarusian teachers, organized by the famous Belarusian writer Yakub Kolas. After that he was arrested and could not work as a teacher anymore. He could teach again only in 1911.
Besides writing, he also translated stories intoBelarusian from many foreign authors, including Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, and others.
The man is coming
In the country of the Paradise Bird
The son of water
Amok
The Trip to Hell
Palesse Robinsons
The story of the future days
Around the world
TVT
Away from the Darkness
Fantamobil of professor Cyliakouski