Iryna Mykhailivna is Vasil Bykau's second wife.
Photo from Siarhiej Naumchyk's Telegram channel
They met at the editorial office of the newspaper "Hrodzenskaja Praŭda".
In 'Long Road Home' (Daŭhaja daroha dadomu), Vasil Uladzimiravich recalls that "Iryna Mykhailivna... became the first and a very meticulous critic of everything I wrote. Now I am very grateful to her for that, although at times I was offended then."
Iryna Mykhailivna typed Bykau's works when he was still an author little known to anyone — and continued to do so for many years. 'The Dead Don't Feel Pain' (Miortvym nie balic'), 'Sotnikov', 'Sign of Trouble' (Znak biady) — were typed by her.
In late December, she was hospitalized with a hip fracture and a heart attack.
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