Yanka Bryl was born August 4, 1917 in the family of a railway worker Anton Danilovich Bryl. In 1922 the family returned to his father's home in western Belarus, in the village of Zagora. In 1931 he graduated from the seven-year school in the town Turets, then entered the Novogrudok gymnasium, but the material circumstances do not allow him to continue his studies.
In March 1939, he drafted into the Polish army. He served in the Marine Corps. In September 1939, he took part in abaponchyx bayax pad Gdynia and got into German captivity. In the autumn of 1941 he ran home.
In 1942 he became binding guerrilla group T. Dudnikava, peredavaly information about the deployment and movement of German troops in the Mir district exploration partisan brigade named after Zhukov and "Komsomolets". In 1944, when Brilev family went to the guerrillas, Ivan became a scout team "Komsomolets", participated in the battles. In addition, was editor of Partisan newspaper "The Banner of Freedom", established satirical publication Bulletin "Guerrilla Gigolo", which published his poems, essays and satires.
After the liberation of Belarus in 1944 Yanka Bryl moved to Minsk, worked litsotrudnikom in the newspaper-poster "Crush the fascist scum", he headed the department of prose in the satirical magazine "Hedgehog", was editor of the State Publishing BSSR, Vice magazine editor of "Youth" and "The Flame". Since May 1945 Yanka Bryl - a member of the Writers' Union, with 1966 to 1971 - Secretary of the Union of Writers of the BSSR. Actively worked to strengthen the ties of the Belarusian literature with the literatures of the peoples of the USSR and the socialist countries of the Commonwealth. Much effort to work as a Chairman of the Belarusian society "USSR - Canada" (1967-1990). Twice elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet (1963-1967, 1980-1985). Member of the Belarusian PEN Center from 1989 t.
25 lipenya 2006 goda Yankee Bpylya ne ctalo. He was buried at kladbsche in Kolodishchi next to the faithful companion of life the wife of M. Nino.
