Źmitrok Biadula

Źmitrok Biadula
BornSamuil Jafimavič Płaŭnik
(1886-04-23)23 April 1886
Pasadziec, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Died3 November 1941(1941-11-03) (aged 55)
Near Uralsk, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Pen nameŹmitrok Biadula, Yasakar
LanguageBelarusian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian

Samuil Jafimavič Płaŭnik (Belarusian: Самуіл Яфімавіч Плаўнік, romanized: Samuil Jafimavič Płaŭnik; Yiddish: שמואל בן חיים פּלאַווניק; 23 April 1886 – 3 November 1941), better known by the pen name Źmitrok Biadula (Belarusian: Зьмітрок Бядуля), was a Soviet and Belarusian poet, prose writer, translator, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement. He is considered one of the fathers of modern Belarusian literature. He is the great-great-uncle of British YouTuber Bald and Bankrupt.