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.