Alhierd Bacharevič (born 1975 in Minsk) is a Belarusian writer. He studied Belarusian literature and linguistics at the Pedagogical University in Minsk. He has published several novels and essay collections, and his books have been translated into German, English, Russian and other languages. His 900-page work Europe's Dogs was published in 2017. The novel, which Bacharevič translated into Russian himself, was shortlisted for Russia's biggest literary prize, the Bolshaya Kniga. The "Belarus Free Theater" staged the novel in Minsk, London, Paris, Adelaide and Berlin. In Belarus, Alhierd Bacharevič was awarded several literary prizes ("Book of the Year", among others). In 2021, he was honored with the German Erwin Piscator Prize. His novels "Die Elster auf dem Galgen" and "Das letzte Buch von Herrn A." as well as the essay collections "Paris, Berlin und das Dorf" and "Sie haben schon verloren" are currently available in German. Two of his novels ("Europas Hunde" and "Das letzte Buch von Herrn A.") are banned in Belarus and classified as extremist. Since the end of 2020, he has lived in exile in Graz and then in Zug, Switzerland. He currently lives in Hamburg.