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 dental faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, he received a degree in dentistry. His poems have been published in the magazines Poberezhye and Vstrechi. Various publishers have released poetry books written in collaboration with other authors: the 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.