Maksym Butchenko is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, born in Donbas, in Luhansk Oblast, where he lived until 2012. During Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity 2013–2014, Butchenko worked on the magazine Focus, and then became part of the team at the new weekly Novoye Vremya (Current Time), which is one of the most influential magazines in Ukraine. Butchenko has published several novels about war in Donbas. His books have been presented in Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, France, and Georgia.
