Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Vakulenko was born on 1 July 1972 in the village of Kapytolivka,
Izium Raion, Kharkiv. From 1979 to 1987, he studied at Kapitolivka Secondary School, and from 1987 to 1989 at Chervonooskilska Secondary School. In 1989–1990, he studied at Izium Vocational School No. 24, majoring to be a pastry chef. He officially started working in 1990, first as a kitchen worker, then acquired various specialties from being a trucker to an apartment repairman (20 years
of experience on various bases). From January 1991 to August 1992, he served in the
Soviet army, where he received a disability and was
discharged shortly before his
demobilization. He was divorced and has two sons from his first and second marriages, Vladyslav and Vitalii. He had started writing in his childhood, and since 2001 has been published in Izium,
Kostiantyniv,
Donetsk region, Lviv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Zakarpattia, Kramatorsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv press. From 2003 to 2006, he was a member of the Izium literary association Kremianets, and in 2005 he was a member of the Konstantynivka literary association Prometheus. In 2005-2006, he was the deputy head of the Kremianets literary association in
Izium, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Krynytsia children's and teenagers' newspaper. The author appeared online in late 2005. He prepared for publication and published the almanac "Raisin Mountain" (2007), where his works were also published. Coordinator of the Gothic project and presenter of the presentation of the magazine "Thursday number 30" (theme "Gothic"). January-July 2009 - editor-in-chief of the translation magazine "DzeRkaLo" (published on the 2nd of July). Correspondent of the magazine "Artistic Facets" (2009). He was a coordinator and compiler of several journals and anthologies. Furthermore, he was a co-organizer of published literary projects. He has been published in anthologies, anthologies, and magazines. His works have been translated into
Crimean Tatar,
Belarusian,
German,
English,
Esperanto, and
Russian. ==Abduction and murder==