Uladzimir Nyaklyayew

Uladzimir Nyaklyayew Уладзімір Някляеў Владимир Некляев
Uladzimir Nyaklyayew
Born	(1946-07-09) July 9, 1946 (age 70) Smarhon’, Byelorussian SSR
Nationality	Belarus
Alma mater	Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University, Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

Uladzimir Prakopavich Nyaklyayew (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Прако́павіч Някля́еў, Łacinka: Uładzimir Prakopavič Niaklajeŭ; Russian: Владимир Прокофьевич Некляев, tr. Vladimir Prokofyevich Neklyayev) born on July 11, 1946 in Smarhon’) is a Belarusian poet and writer, and a head of the public campaign Tell the Truth! ("Гавары праўду!"). He was a candidate for Dec 19 2010 elections in Belarus, and, according to Amnesty International, was placed under house arrest for his role in post-election protests.

Vladimir Nyaklyayew was born on July 11, 1946 in the city of Smarhon’ in Grodno Region. His father, Prokofiy Neklyayev, was Russian, and used to work as a mechanic. His mother, Anastasiya Mahyer, was a Belarusian.

Vladimir Nyaklyayew spent his childhood in a small place called Kreva where he finished his first school year. From the 2nd till the 9th school years he was studying at the Smarhon’ School No. 1. From 1961 till 1966 Nyaklyayew was a student at Higher State Communications College. Having finished the college, he started working in Vladivostok, Taishet, and Norilsk. In 1967 Nyaklyayew returned to Belarus and was working as a radiomechanic at Minsk TV custom shop till 1971.

According to the words of Nyaklyayew, in Far East, Siberia and in the North he managed to see another country and other people. New impressions passed into the first trials of literature works – his poems. In 1969 Vladimir entered the correspondent department of philology at Minsk Pedagogical Institute and graduated from it in 1973. In 1971 he entered the department of poetry at Moscow Literature Institute. In 1972 Nyaklyayew left the Institute and came back to Minsk.