Maksimu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov was raised in Chernihiv, Ukraine and studies Serbian Language and Literature at Lviv University.. While he sees himself as a professional translator in the future, talso expresses himself through different art forms such as photography, writing prose, poetry, and essays. His favourite authors are Sartre and Murakami, and his favourite philosophers are Epicurus and Spinoza. His academic interests are mainly in feminist and postcolonial criticism.