'Tales of Life. Symon the Musician' is a work by Yakub Kolas. 'Tales of Life' is a philosophical parable about human destiny. 'Symon the Musician' is a poem about a talented peasant boy whose musical gift is not recognized in a cruel world.
Book in Belarusian
Yakub Kolas (real name and surname Konstantin Mikhailovich Mitskevich) was a Belarusian writer, playwright, poet, translator, and public figure. He was one of the classics and founders of modern Belarusian literature. People’s Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926). Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1928). Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR (1934). Honored Scientist of the Byelorussian SSR (1944). Member of the VKP(b) from 1945.
He was born on 22 October (3 November) 1882 in the village of Akinchitsy (now part of the town of Stowbtsy, Stowbtsy District, Minsk…
