Place of birth:village of Vavilove, Snihurivsk district, Kherson (now Mykolaiv) region
Also know as:Олесь Бердник
Biography
Oles Berdnyk (1927 – 2003) was well-known Ukrainian science fiction writer, author of about 20 novels, a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group (UHG), twice a political prisoner.