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Yan Skryhan (Belarusian: Ян (Янка) Сркыгáн, also Ivan Aliaksiejevič Skrygan; ); November 16, 1905 in Truchanavičy, Slutsky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire - September 18, 1992 in Minsk, Belarus) was a Belarusian-Soviet poet, prose writer, journalist, essayist, literary critic and translator. Under Joseph Stalin’s rule he became a victim of political repression for the duration of eighteen years. He is considered as one of the founders of the Belarusian autobiographical essay.