Kanstantsin Veranitsyn
, 1834 - 1904
Kanstantsin Veranitsyn (Vasil’eŭ; Канстанцін Вераніцын, Васільеў) was born in Astraŭliany village (Vitsebsk region, Belarus) into a family of serf peasants, who were owned by the landlord Vasil’ Bondaraŭ. At the age of eleven Kanstantsin received freedom and aquired his surname Veranitsyn. It is quite possible, that Kanstantsin Veranitsyn was an illegitimate son of his landlord. He went to the parish school of Haradok, Vitsebsk provincial gymnasium (1845–1852) and studied at St. Petersburg Medical and Surgical Academy (1852–1854). In 1854 Veranitsyn was expelled from the Academy, but in 1859 he graduated from Horki Agricultural Institute with his final work “On the Belarusian economy”. In 1863-1874 he lived and worked in St. Petersburg, in 1874-1879 he worked as a teacher at Maladzechna Teachers' Seminary. Since 1880 he worked for the Ministry of Railways in St. Petersburg in the rank of state councilor. The exact date of his death is unknown. Except Taras on Parnassus, there is only one poem (The two devils) that is thought to have been written by Kanstantsin Veranitsyn.
Sources:
Kisialioŭ, Henadz’ [Кісялёў, Генадзь], Жылі-былі класікі: хто напісаў паэмы Энеіда навыварат і Тарас на Парнасе [Once upon a time, classics lived here: who wrote “Aeneid Inside Out” and “Taras on Parnassus”], Minsk: Беларуская навука [Belaruskaia navuka], 2005.
Bio prepared by Maria Pushkina, National Academic Janka Kupała Theatre, maryiapushkina@gmail.com
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