Tatsiana Pranovіch — BSU Journalism Faculty Lecturer and daughter of Ivan Chyhrynau — Has Died

The daughter of writer Ivan Chyhrynau, Tatsiana Pranovіch, a lecturer at the BSU Journalism Faculty, has died. She was 67 years old.

From 1976-1981, she studied at BSU. Since 1984, she worked as a senior lecturer at the Department of Foreign Journalism and Literature at the BSU Institute of Journalism. Her passion was ancient literature.

"My very first article was practically dictated to me by my father. We went with him to Vyazynka for a folk poetry festival. I could have described my impressions myself, but fathers always think they'll do it better. That's why my first publication had its own specific nature," she recalled in one of her interviews.

"I really wanted to work in journalism," Pranovіch said. "So, when my classmate Alena Filipchyk created the newspaper 'Perakhodny Vozrast' (Transitional Age) in 1994, I gladly joined. First, I worked as a style editor, and in 1998, I became the deputy editor. ... But you know, 'Perakhodny Vozrast' gave me everything I lacked. I came to the first year of journalism faculty: out of 150 students, 100 already knew me as the deputy editor of 'Perakhodny Vozrast'. At that time, I felt the cauldron of youth boiling, and I myself was simmering in it."

In 2020, Tatsiana Pranovіch supported the protests.

A few years later, the lecturer left the journalism faculty.

"At one of the student 'kapusniks' (student variety shows), I sang 'Ochi Chernye' (Dark Eyes) with a dedication to Tatsiana Ivanaŭna Pranovіch. We were allowed liberties at 'kapusniks'. At the words 'How I love you, how I fear you,' the hall erupted in laughter. Tatsiana Ivanaŭna also laughed. We loved her very much — for her fantastic lectures, when she would walk to the center of the auditorium, spread her arms wide, and recite poems," recalls Dzmitry Nikanovich on Facebook.

"And it was very important to feel that in 2020, Tatsiana Ivanaŭna and I were on the same side. 'They stole my voice, they stole my signature' — words that went viral from a video of protests in the BSU courtyard. And it was pleasant to recognize Tatsiana Ivanaŭna, who uttered these words with dignity and her splendid lecturing delivery. After that, her health significantly deteriorated. Tatsiana Ivanaŭna walked with a cane, worked, if I'm not mistaken, already half-time, mostly with Chinese students. I will not forget how in 2021, at the celebration of BSU's 100th anniversary, we came into the hall for the ceremony, but Tatsiana Ivanaŭna was never presented with the юбилейного знака (jubilee badge). It was so eloquently vile," Dzmitry Nikanovich recounts.

Nastassia Zanko on Facebook recalls how in 2020 she watched a livestream from a pensioners' march. "And I see — Tatsiana Ivanaŭna is there. The livestream hosts approach her, she agrees to speak and says something like she is participating in the march because she doesn't want to leave such a country for her grandchildren, that she wants to correct all the mistakes her generation made. Bright memory to you, Tatsiana Ivanaŭna... It's a great pity that you did not live to see the moment of a New Belarus," Zanko writes.

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