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CU CĂRȚILE PE MASĂ, DIA(B)LOGURI, ROMANIAN AUTHORS IN ENGLISH

“Reading can make us better” – An interview with Romanian-Moldovan writer Liliana Corobca

Born in the Republic of Moldova, LILIANA COROBCA is a novelist, essayist, and playwright whose work explores the fragile boundaries between history and memory, exile and belonging, censorship and resistance. She debuted with Negrissimo (2003), winner of multiple prizes, followed by A Year in Paradise (2005), Kinderland (2013), and The Old Maids’ Empire (2015). Her bold theatrical monologue Censorship for Beginners (2014) has been staged internationally, while The Censor’s Notebook (winner of the 2023 Oxford‑Weidenfeld Translation Prize), Kinderland, and her latest novel, Too Great a Sky, … Continue reading “Reading can make us better” – An interview with Romanian-Moldovan writer Liliana Corobca

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Europe Calling: Liliana Corobca at European Literature Night 2025 in NYC

What do you get when you mix a night of high-caliber literary conversation with the kind of international flair only New York can deliver? European Literature Night, of course—a gathering that’s part salon, part cultural dispatch, and fully a feast for the mind. Now in its 7th edition, this annual celebration of storytelling returns to the city in a couple of days, spotlighting some of Europe’s … Continue reading Europe Calling: Liliana Corobca at European Literature Night 2025 in NYC

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Ioana Nicolaie: “There’s a continuum of intensity and lived life in all my books”

One of the most original and powerful voices in contemporary Romanian literature, IOANA NICOLAIE is the author of six novels, five volumes of poetry, and ten children’s books, which have won her numerous literary awards. Her novel, Cartea Reghinei / The Book of Reghina was the winner of the 2020 Radio Romania Cultural Award, Observator Lyceum Prize, National Prose Prize Iași, and Book Agency Award. … Continue reading Ioana Nicolaie: “There’s a continuum of intensity and lived life in all my books”

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A Romanian Literary Sensation: Mircea Cărtărescu, the multi-award-winning author of Solenoid, is back in New York

Mircea Cărtărescu, author of Solenoid, one of last years’ international literary sensations, and the most recent winner of the prestigious Dublin Literary Award, is back in New York. After an extensive US tour in 2023, which took him from one coast to the other, the Romanian author has returned to the American metropolis as writer-in-residence at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, where he teaches … Continue reading A Romanian Literary Sensation: Mircea Cărtărescu, the multi-award-winning author of Solenoid, is back in New York

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Happy Birthday, Norman Manea!

Norman Manea, the doyen of Romanian writers in the diaspora, turns 88 today, and congratulations and tributes have been pouring in for several days, in the press and on social media. A survivor of the two evils of the 20th century, Nazism and Communism, who has spent part of his life in exile in the United States, Norman Manea is not only one of the … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Norman Manea!

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Romanian Author Mircea Cărtărescu Wins Famous Dublin Literary Award

Thrilling news from Dublin: Mircea Cărtărescu has won the Dublin Literary Award, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world! The awarded book is his most recent novel in English translation, Solenoid, translated from the Romanian original by Sean Cotter and published by Texas-based Deep Vellum in 2022. It was considered one of the best books of the year in the United States, … Continue reading Romanian Author Mircea Cărtărescu Wins Famous Dublin Literary Award

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“On the Road”: Mircea Cărtărescu în turneu american

Turneul de promovare în Statele Unite ale Americii al romanului Solenoid de Mircea Cărtărescu – nominalizat printre finaliștii Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction și declarat una dintre cele mai bune cărți ale anului 2022 de către The New Yorker, Publishers Weekley, Financial Times și Words Without Borders Continue reading “On the Road”: Mircea Cărtărescu în turneu american

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NOU: Dicționarul romanului central-european din secolul XX

Dicţionarul nostru aduce în faţa publicului peste 250 de romane. Deci nu e un dicţionar de autori, ci de romane, cum stă scris şi pe copertă. Sigur că scriitorii acestor romane sunt recunoscuţi, în proporţie covârşitoare, de canoanele literare ale fiecărei ţări. Dar nu neapărat. Deci nu e un top al scriitorilor şi nici măcar al romanelor. Au intrat în Dicţionar romanele în care se recunoaşte o topografie … Continue reading NOU: Dicționarul romanului central-european din secolul XX

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