Vіtal Ryzhkou [Віталь Рыжкоў] is poet and participates in poetry slam sessions.
He graduated of the Belarusian-Russian University in Minsk.
Ryzhkou published his first poetry collection "Dzwiery, zamknionyja na kliučy" ("The doors locked with keys") in 2010 for which he won the the Maxim Bogdanovich / Debut award in 2011. He got awarded the Golden Apostrophe award in 2008 and is the winner of the Belarusian PEN-Center young writers’ contests in 2007 and 2009.