Uladzimir Arlou becomes first laureate of “European Poet of Freedom” award

The poet received the award for his book "A Ferry through the English Channel" in the Gdansk Theatre (Poland) on the evening of March 26. Gdansk authorities founded the award. According to Radio “Liberty”, poets and poetesses from Serbia, Sweden, France, Cyprus, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and other states were nominated for the award.

The book of verses by Uladzimir Arlou “A Ferry through the English Channel” was published in Minsk in Belarusian and in Gdansk in Polish (translated by Adam Pamorski).