[2] Zmitrok Biadula (Samuil Jafimavič Płaŭnik) was born on 23 April 1886 in the small town of Pasadziec [be] (now in Lahoysk District, Minsk Region) to a Jewish family.

He began writing Hebrew poems at age 13, based on medieval liturgical poetry.

[3] He later started writing in Russian and Belarusian, publishing works in the Saint Petersburg press and the Vilnius magazine Mołodyje Porywy.

Following the Soviet takeover of Belarus, he began writing novels in the Socialist realist genre.

On 3 November that year, the 79th anniversary of his death, the remains were reburied at the Eastern Cemetery [be] in Minsk in a Christian ceremony.