Ivan Melezh (Belarusian: ???? ???????? ?????, Russian: ????? ????????? ?????? ; 8 February 1921, Hlinischy, Homiel Voblast — August 9, 1976, Minsk) was a Belarusian writer.He wrote prose fiction and drama. People's Writer of Belarus, 1972, numerous prizes, e.g. Lenin prize for novels People of the Marsh («????? ?? ??????») and The Storm's Breath («????? ??????????»).The central place in Melezh's work is made up by novels of the trilogy Polesye Chronicle («???????? ???????»): People of the Marsh, The Storm's Breath and Snowstorm in December («?????, ???????»). These novels portray the life in writer's native place in 1920s and 1930s: the establishment of socialism, forced collectivization, 'de-kulakization'. Melezh depicted truthfully the historical coloring of this era.