Ivan Stodola

Ivan Stodola (10 March 1888 in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš – 26 March 1977 in Piešťany) was Slovak dramatist and writer.

He was born in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš into a family of professional tanners and teachers.

He was educated in his hometown, Prešov and Kežmarok, and later, he studied medicine at college in Budapest and Berlin, earning a degree in 1912.

After the war, he returned to his hometown, and became an editor of magazine Boj o zdravie (Struggle for Health).

In 1946 he earned a degree of lecturer of social pathology.