Eric Friedman was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in 1968. He grew up and studied in Russia. After graduating from a secondary school in Kaluga and the dental faculty of a medical university in Moscow, he emigrated to the United States in 1993. In 1999, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School, he received a degree in dentistry. His poems have been published in “Poberezhye” and “Vstrechi”. Various publishers released his poetry books written in collaboration with others: poetry collection “4” and “In the Space of Parallel Lines.” In 2017, a book of prose, “Late Harvest Wine,” was published, which includes short stories written by the author between 2015 and 2016.