Doru Mihai Mateiciuc was born on 22 September 1961, in Suceava, Romania. He graduated the Faculty of Dental Medicine at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy. He worked as dental specialist at the Dental Polyclinic from Botoşani and at the Şerbăuţi Health Center. Now he works at S.C. 11 Dentas S.R.L. (private medical practice). He was editor at “Opinia studenţească”, Iaşi, between 1983-1986.He is a member of the Union of Writers of Romania, of the Society of Writers of Bucovina, of the Cenacle of Literature and of the Paper Wall of Young Art, of the Literary Initiative Club. Cross-border Cenacle of Chernivtsi - Suceava The carriage with poets, L.ink Poetry House.Literary debut in “Convorbiri literare”, December 1983. Publishes poetry, prose, essays and literary criticism in the following magazines: “Opinia studenţească”, “Convorbiri literare”, “Dialog”, “Ateneu”, “Luceafărul”, “Astra”, “Cronica”, “Amfiteatru”, “Albatros”, “Zori Noi”, “Glasul Bucovinei”, “Forum studenţesc”, “Pagini bucovinene”, “Trepte”, “Sinteze”, “Orientări”.Editorial debut in the collective volume Prier, Cartea Românească, 1988.He is included in the first anthology of Romanian haikus, edited by Florin Vasiliu – Umbra libelulei (The Dragonfly’s Shadow, 1993)