Journalist, translator, LGBT activist. Born in Novosibirsk, studied Slavic studies at the University of Hamburg. Works for the German editorial office of BILD. Author of several collections of poems and one novel (Centaur vs. Satyr. — KOLONNA Publications, 2009). Shortlisted for the N. S. Gumilyov literary competitions “The Lost Tram,” “Eshkol: Current Israeli and Jewish Culture in Russia,” and others. Winner of the Russian-language poetry slam in Berlin and the international “Emigrant Lyre 2014/2015.”