Bespalov Maksym

Bespalov Maksym

Journalist, writer

Maksym Bespalov was born on August 19, 1983 in Dnipro (at that time Dnipropetrovsk).

He studied journalism at the Faculty of Systems and Means of Mass Communication of Dnipro National University. After his graduation in 2005, he worked in Ukrainian and foreign press. He was published in "Novoye vremya", "Istorychna Pravda", "Livyi Bereh", "Vokrug Sveta", "Bird in Flight". He also hosted a political talk show "Nazhyvo" on Dnipro television.

He plays intellectual games. During 2008-2011 he participated in the Ukrainian television version of the intellectual TV show "What? Where? When?".

Since 2006 works as a writer. The finalist of the "Euroformat-2008" novel competition with his novel "The Satanists". His collection of short prose "The dead giraffe" has won the "Smoloskyp" publishing house award in 2011.

2008-2010 – co-editor of the literature journal "STYKH", Dnipro.

His works were published in such literature journals as "Dnipro" and "Chetver".