Matthew K. Elert was born in Ostrowiec Świetokrzyski in May 1986; he moved to England aged 8. He studied and graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in Chemistry; he abandoned studying Eastern European History at the University College London's department of School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (S.S.E.E.S.) to gamble on a pursuit of a career as a poet. He currently lives in Romford, Essex.