27 February 2007
Ryhor Baradulin recovering

The condition of renowned Belarusian poet Ryhor Baradulin who is currently in the intensive care unit of the Presidential Administration's hospital diagnosed with pneumonia, has markedly improved, his wife, Valyantsina Baradulin, told BelaPAN on Tuesday.

The poet is expected to be transferred to a ward soon. He was hospitalized on February 22 with a fever.

"His condition has markedly improved and he has become much more cheerful. He even asked me to bring him his glasses, a pencil and paper," Mrs. Baradulin said.

The poet is given drugs by intravenous infusion six times a day. He still has a slight fever, but the second breast screening test has showed improvements, according to his wife.

Mr. Baradulin turned 72 on February 24 while in the hospital.

The poet was born in the village of Haradok in the Vitsyebsk region on February 24, 1935. Earlier this year, the poet once again was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for Ksty, which saw the light in 2005 and was translated into many foreign languages.