Poet, Orthodox priest. Born in 1966, lives in Siberia. Author of over thirty books of poetry and prose, with publications in Russian and international (in translation) periodicals. Laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize in Poetry (2008). One of the editors of the online literary publication Polutona. In 2010, he was a jury member of the "Debut" poetry prize; from 2013 to 2016, he was the author and host of the poetry program "Poetry. The Movement of Words" on Radio Kultura, featuring contemporary Russian-language poets.