Is a writer. He lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is the author of nine books. His highly acclaimed nonfiction book, I Will Mix Your Blood With Coal (Nash Format, 2020), an exploration of the Donbas and Ukrainian East, has been published in German (Ibidem, 2021) and is forthcoming in English and Polish.
He has participated in literary residencies in Finland, Latvia, Iceland, the USA, and France. He is a member of PEN Ukraine.