Victor Martinovich

was born in 1977 in Ashmyany, Belarus. He is a writer of fiction and has authored six novels, including “Paranoia” (translated into English in 2013). He has a PhD in the History of Fine Arts, and is Associate Professor at European Humanities University in Vilnius, where he currently resides.

Art + Stories

Fiction

Night

A lonely man sits in his Minsk apartment. His girlfriend rings him from Nepal, just as a world-changing event begins in the sky above. An excerpt from a Belarusian novel set in the near future.

Victor Martinovich

Art + Stories

Experiences

Comrade Batman

The latest miniseries from HBO beautifully captures Soviet aesthetics, but is lacking elsewhere. A Belarusian writer suggests that “Chernobyl” fails to portray the complex nuances of language in a society enslaved by totalitarianism.

Victor Martinovich