Nicholas Vakar

{{Short description|Belarusian writer (1894–1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} '''Nicholas P. Vakar''' (26 or 27 May 1894 in Tulchyn, Ukraine, then in Russian Empire – 1970), Belarusian, author of ''Belorussia: The Making of a Nation''. Harvard U. Press. 1956<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vakar |first1=Nicholas Platonovich |title=Belorussia: the Making of a Nation: A Case Study |date=1956 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-43664-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9xoAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> and ''The Taproot of Soviet Society''. Harper. 1959. ''A Word Count of Spoken Russian''. OSU Press, 1966.

He was professor of Russian, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, from about 1946 to 1962, followed by 3 years at Ohio State University.

Vakar left to France as a result of events during the Russian Civil War. He was married in 1926 to Gertrude Vakar, the translator. They had two daughters, Catherine in 1927 and Anna in 1929; both girls have escaped from France to the United States in 1940.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/10/nyregion/war-refugees-honor-their-deliverer.html War Refugees Honor Their Deliverer], The New York Times, December 10, 1990.</ref> Nicholas and Gertrude arrived in the United States in 1942.<ref>[https://atkinsopht.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/two-new-sisters-anna-vakar-catherine-vakar-chvany/ article containing reflections from a member of the family that houses Vakar's daughters when they first arrived in the US]</ref> The latter is well-known Canadian haiku poet residing in Oliver, British Columbia.<ref>[http://www.haikucanada.org/resources/articles/3.pdf Haiku: Women Pioneers In Canada]</ref>

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