INNOVATION AND CONTINUITY OF TRADITIONS IN THE POETIC HERITAGE OF JAZEP PUSZCZA
The poeticheritageof Jazep Puszcza is analyzed. The works of the Belarusian poet haven’t been reprinted for a long time due to the fact that he was accused without reason and sent into exile. He miraculously survived. After his return JazepPuszcza lived and worked in Minsk. He continued to write, using canons of festive poetry in order to stay alive and not to be exiled. The creative legacy of Jazep Puszcza includes diverse genres from early meditations to sonnets and poems. His works are mostly intimate, landscape, and civic lyric poetry.