world, we look: ivan melish was born in 1921 into a peasant family in polesie in the village of glinishcheublished in the thirties in republican and regional newspapers. in 1940 melizha was drafted into the army. it was at the front that his talent for prose emerged. while being treated in a tbilisi hospital, ivan wrote the story the last operation, meeting in the hospital. in 1952 , melish published his first major novel, the minsk direction, in which he described the liberation of belarus from the nazi invaders during operation bagration. in 1970 over the years the work has been significantly revised. the description of events has become more multifaceted and large-scale, the characters of the main characters have also become more detailed. subsequently, ivan melish tried his hand at drama, his most famous play while we are young. the writer's talent was revealed most of all in the polezh chronicle trilogy, which is considered a national epic and one of the most important works in belarusian literature of the 20th century. the cycle consists of three novels: people in the swamp, breathin