Mikhail Berezko was born on March 5, 1921 in Skorodnoye, Byelorussian SSR [now Skarodnae, Gomel Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Liebe soll man schätzen (1960), Stepans Kinder (1984) and Der Tag, an dem man 30 wird (1962). He died on December 30, 1992.