Background
He was born in a peasant family.
writer prosaist scientist-linguist
He was born in a peasant family.
He completed teachers' training technical secondary school in Ragachow, philological department of Belarussian State University (1972). He teached at Buntsavitskaya school (1936-1939) and at the same time he studied at teachers' training institute in Minsk, which he graduated from in 1939.
He was the Great Patriotic War veteran. He led a reconnaissance of «Formidable» («Grozny») detachment, that operated near Minsk. He was wounded. After the liberation of Belarus from fascist invaders, F. Yankouski return home and for two years he was working as a secretary of «Socialist country» («Satsyyalistychnaya veska») nwspaper’s editorial office. Also he teached at Gluskaya high school. After graduating from philological department of teachers'
training institute in Grodno in 1948, he worked as a teacher of Belarussian language and literature at high school in Radashkovichy village (1948-1951). In 1954 he completed post-graduate course. From 1953 F. Yankouski worked as a Belarussian language teacher there. From 1983 he was a professor of linguistics’s department at this institute. He was awarded with Patriotic war’s order (first class), Red Star’s order, honorary diploma and some medals.
His first publications were dated 1936. He laid the foundation of Belarussian phraseology and orthoepy (his work «Belarussian folk sayings, proverbs» («Belarusskiya narodnyya prykazki, prymauki») – actually the first collected Belarussian folk sayings and proverbs). He is an author of «Dialect’s dictionary» («Dyyalektny slounic»), «Belarussian literary pronunciation» («Belarusskaye litaraturnae vymaulenne»), «Popular maxims and aphorisms» («Krylatyya slovy i afaryzmy»), «Belarussian sayings, proverbs, phraseologisms» «Belarusskiya prykazki, prymauki, phrazealagismy», «Oral speech and expressive reading» «Vusnaya mova i vyraznae chytanne». Later his books «Stay for an hour» «Prypinisya na chasinu», «Icons» («Abrazki») were released in his mature age. His works are mainly documentary.
There are also some books devoted to a people’s feat in The Great Patriotic War, for example, «Joy and pain» («Radasts i bol»). He set up «Club of lively word» («Klub zhyvoga slova») and became the leader of it. He was an explorer of native language, folk collector.