Andrei
Kuznechyk
Andrei Kuznechyk was born on December 29th, 1978 in VitSebsk. As a journalist, has worked for Komsomolskaya Pravda and Nasha Niva. Prior to his arrest, he cooperated with RFE/RL as a freelance journalist.
Andrei Kuznechyk was detained in late 2021 for his cooperation with "Nasha Niva" considered "extremist" media by the regime . He was sentenced to six years in a medium-security penal colony.
In 2023, he was announced as the laureate of the Francišak Alachnovič Award, which was founded in 2013 by the Belarusian PEN-Center together with Radio Svaboda and is awarded for works based on the author's personal prison experience.
Find Andrei's current address on his PERSONAL PAGE at the Viasna Human Rights Center website. Click SEND A POSTCARD to support him and sign a postcard for the political prisoner.
"Frost had bound all fields and valleys..."
Frost had bound all fields and valleys.
Snow is spread by howling winds.
Yet there are some special flowers,
That in winter bring us bliss.
Flower of sincere friendship –
When the frost gets tighter grip,
Simple chitchat, treats and tea,
Make one feel so warm and free.
Darkness. Blizzards never cease.
But a flaming bloom of love
Gathers families together –
Mother, father, kids – for dinner.
Blooms of sympathy and kindness,
Gleaming dreams and graceful deeds.
All those humble joy bouquets
Keep us warm through somber days.
In language and poems, in bright people that are in dark places, — Belarus Lives.
POEMS FROM PRISON IS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE FREEDOM POSTCARDS INITIATIVE AND People’s Embassy of Belarus in Brazil.
Andrei
Kuznechyk
Andrei Kuznechyk was born on December 29th, 1978 in Vitsebsk. As a journalist, has worked for Komsomolskaya Pravda and Nasha Niva. Prior to his arrest, he cooperated with RFE/RL as a freelance journalist.
Andrei Kuznechyk was detained in late 2021 for his cooperation with "Nasha Niva" considered "extremist" media by the regime . He was sentenced to six years in a medium-security penal colony.
In 2023, he was announced as the laureate of the Francišak Alachnovič Award, which was founded in 2013 by the Belarusian PEN-Center together with Radio Svaboda and is awarded for works based on the author's personal prison experience.
Find Andrei's current address on his PERSONAL PAGE at the Viasna Human Rights Center website. Click SEND A POSTCARD to support him and sign a postcard for the political prisoner.
"Frost had bound all fields and valleys..."
Frost had bound all fields and valleys.
Snow is spread by howling winds.
Yet there are some special flowers,
That in winter bring us bliss.
Flower of sincere friendship –
When the frost gets tighter grip,
Simple chitchat, treats and tea,
Make one feel so warm and free.
Darkness. Blizzards never cease.
But a flaming bloom of love
Gathers families together –
Mother, father, kids – for dinner.
Blooms of sympathy and kindness,
Gleaming dreams and graceful deeds.
All those humble joy bouquets
Keep us warm through somber days.
In language and poems, in bright people that are in dark places, — Belarus Lives.
POEMS FROM PRISON IS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE FREEDOM POSTCARDS INITIATIVE AND People’s Embassy of Belarus in Brazil.