Victor Martinovich, PhD, is an art historian, fiction writer and playwright from Belarus. Martinovich is the author of six fiction novels and seven theatrical plays, and plays based on his works have been staged in Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Minsk, Innsbruck, and St. Petersburg. He specializes in Paris School artists from Belarus, the Vitebsk period of Marc Chagall, and the history of the Vitebsk Avant-Garde. Routledge released his book titled Belarus in Autoethnographic Narratives: The Art of Mercy Against Oblivion in 2025.