Author: Zachar Laskewicz
Alternate names: Zachar Alexander Leonid Laskewicz, Alegzandriš Gänänis, Zaxariš Lazgeviz
Born: 19 march 1971
Bio: Zachar Laskewicz was born in Western Australia in 1971. After studying extensively in music, theatre, linguistics and multimedia performance, he attained his doctorate in theatre studies at the University of Ghent in Belgium. His studies were completed by a post-doctoral Masters of Letters specializing in Gender Studies and Queer theory. He has published extensively in both books and academic journals and he has worked as a professor of music, literature and performance at universities in both Taiwan and mainland China.  In addition he has started a Balinese gamelan in Brussels, performed and lectured around Europe and in places as diverse as Finland, Denmark and Lithuania, among many other activities which have kept him busy. Currently he works primarily as an independent creative artist, composer, writer and filmmaker in the city of Ghent, Belgium, where he presently resides.