Ivan Stadnyuk was born on March 8, 1920 in Kordyshevka, Podolia Governorate [now Kordyshivka, Vinnytsia Oblast], Ukraine. He was a writer, known for
Klyuchi ot neba (1965),
Artist iz Kokhanovki (1962) and
Maksim Perepelitsa (1956). He died on April 29, 1994.