Aleh Minkin's Book Joins the "Brukavanka" Series
The publication of Aleh Minkin's book "The Language I Spoke…" in the Belarusian poetry series "Brukavanka" can be seen as a kind of summation and, at the same time, the logical conclusion of a certain stage in the development of this book collection, reports bellit.info.
The collection does not simply add another name to the series. It gives it an additional dimension, because for the authors of "Brukavanka," Aleh Minkin is not only an acknowledged master, but also a kind of living classic, a figure connecting different generations of 20th- and 21st-century Belarusian poetry.
At the same time, the poets whose books have already been published in the series do not necessarily continue Minkin's artistic principles. They may admire other authors, depart from traditional syllabo-tonic verse, choose their own aesthetic benchmarks, and turn to entirely different themes.