Yanka Kupala (also spelled Janka Kupała, Belarusian: Я́нка Купа́ла; July 7 [O.S. June 25] 1882 – June 28, 1942) – was the pen name of Iván Daminíkavich Lutsévich (Ivan Daminikavič Łucevič, Belarusian: Іва́н Даміні́кавіч Луцэ́віч), a Belarusian poet and writer. He is considered one of the greatest Belarusian-language writers of the 20th century.
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1882 Viazynka, near Minsk, Belarus
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28 June 1942 (aged 60) Moscow, Soviet Union
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