{"id":138024,"date":"2025-05-14T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138024\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusians-collect-15000-overnight-for-prominent-writer-battling-cancer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138024\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians collect $15,000 overnight for prominent writer battling cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/svetlana_kurs_bysol.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/svetlana_kurs_bysol.jpg 660w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/svetlana_kurs_bysol-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/svetlana_kurs_bysol-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(bysol.org) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The fundraiser to support prominent exiled Belarusian writer \u015aviat\u0142ana Kurs (Jeva Vie\u017enaviec) who is undergoing cancer treatment has collected more than $15,000 after its launch yesterday evening, according to the BySol solidarity fund&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurs has been recently diagnosed with advanced-stage ovarian cancer with metastases to the peritoneum and lymph nodes. She lives in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four years ago, her book \u201c\u041f\u0430 \u0448\u0442\u043e \u0456\u0434\u0437\u0435\u0448, \u0432\u043e\u045e\u0447\u0430?\u201d (What Is It You Seek, Wolf?) won a prestigious Jerzhy Giedroyc Literary Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/invalidnaja_koliaska_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leaders appeal for donations for people with disabilities<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 5, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 opposition leaders have appealed for donations on International Day of Protection of Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Belarusian officials do not perceive people with disabilities as equal citizens, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said. Her associate &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/136723\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, Pozirk. The fundraiser to support prominent exiled Belarusian writer \u015aviat\u0142ana Kurs (Jeva Vie\u017enaviec) who is undergoing cancer treatment has collected more than $15,000 after its launch yesterday evening, according to the BySol solidarity fund&#8217;s website. Kurs has been recently diagnosed with advanced-stage ovarian cancer with metastases to the peritoneum and lymph nodes. 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