Simplicius Simplicissimus the Adventurer

"Simplicius Simplicissimus" is a legendary novel that depicted the horrors and vicissitudes of the Thirty Years' War in Europe. Full of adventures and philosophical reflections, the work allows readers to experience the dramatic events of the 17th century through the eyes of a simple young man. Vasil Siomukha's translation into Belarusian makes this work accessible within our cultural tradition.

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The German lands during the Thirty Years' War — this is the world of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622 – 1676), whose novel "Simplicius Simplicissimus" was first published in 1668 and is the most prominent work of European literary Baroque.
The translation of the novel's first version into Belarusian, carried out in the mid-1990s by Vasil Siomukha, is rightly considered one of the best achievements of the national school of literary translation.
It is addressed to a wide readership.