Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ was Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ (also spelled Vasil Bykov, Belarusian: Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, Russian: Василь Влади́мирович Быков; 19 June – 22 June ) was a Belarusian dissident and opposition politician, junior lieutenant, and author of novels and novellas about World War II.
Vasily Bykov (Russian: Василий Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў; 19 июня , Бычки Ушачского района Витебской области [6][7] — 22 июня , Боровляны) — советский и белорусский писатель, общественный деятель, депутат Верховного Совета БССР 9—11 созывов, участник Великой Отечественной войны, член Союза писателей СССР. Герой Социалистического Труда ().
Vasily Bykov may refer to: Byčki, 19 giugno – Minsk, 22 giugno ) è stato uno scrittore sovietico, dal bielorusso, noto in Occidente come Vasil' (o Vasilij) Bykov (in russo Василь Быков?). Nato in un villaggio nei pressi di Vicebsk, Bykov si trovava in Ucraina al momento dell' invasione nazista dell'URSS.
DescriptionVasil Bykov.jpg. English: A photograph of Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ (June 19, – June 22, ) was an author of many novels and novellas about World War II. He is a big figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought. The writer's talent earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czesław Miłosz.
English: A photograph of Vasil Bykaŭ var militär och frilansjournalist fram till Flertalet av hans romaner handlar om andra världskriget. Hans skildringar av kriget är mer realistiska än vad som var vanligt under Sovjet-epoken. Bykaŭ skrev alla sina verk på belarusiska och översatte själv flera av dem till ryska.
Vasil Bykaŭ (Belarusian writer (1924–2003))
Bykov was a politically controversial and popular author in the former Soviet Union whose novels often portray the grim realities of soldiers' lives during World War II. He himself served in the Soviet Army, and after he left the service he worked as a freelance writer. 
"Vasil Bykov is a very Wassil Uladsimirawitsch Bykau (* Juni in Bytschki, Wizebskaja Woblasz, Weißrussische SSR; † Juni in Minsk) war ein belarussischer Schriftsteller. Wassil Bykau wurde im belarussischen Dorf Bytschki in eine arme Bauernfamilie geboren.
A prolific author of novels Vasil' Bykaǔ, Васіль Уладзіміравіч Быкаў, ( června , vesnice Byčky Ušačského kraje, Vitebská oblast [1] – června , Borovľany) byl sovětský a běloruský spisovatel, veřejný činitel, účastník druhé světové války.