Andrej Brázda-Jankovský was born in 1915 in what is present-day Slovakia.
[1] He emigrated to Canada in 1968, where he lived and worked as a novelist and journalist.
He was the father of Canadian folk musicians Bystrik and Andrew Brazda.
He was the grandfather of artist Bozidar Brazda.
[3] These included Vzbúrenec (The Rebel), Svedok Antónia (The Witness Antonia) and Kanadský Slovák (The Canadian Slovak).