Crudu Dumitru

Crudu Dumitru - poet. Also journalist and translator. He writes under pseudonyms Andrei Vrîi or Djokhar Dudaev. Born on November 8th 1968 in Flutura, Ungheni (Bessarabia / The Republic...

Ion Cristofor

Ion Cristofor - poet. Also translator. Born on April 22th 1952 at Geaca (Cluj). He is the son of Aurel Filipas and of Rozalia Filipas (née Tril), both farmers. After graduating from...

Traian T. Cosovei

Traian T. Cosovei - poet. Also essayist and journalist. Born on November 28th 1954 in Bucharest, he is the son of poet Traian Cosovei, and of Maria Cosovei. He studied at the Faculty...

Mariana Codrut

Mariana Codruţ (pseudonym of Mariana Gaina) - poet. Also prose writer. Born on November 1s 1956 in Prisacani (Iasi), she is the daughter of Nicolae Gaina and of Natalia Gaina,...

Cistelecan Alexandru

Literary critic and essaist. Also journalist. Born on December 2nd 1951 at Aruncuta (Cluj), he is the son of Alexandru and Maria Cistelecan. peasants. He was educated at “Ady -...

Corina Ciocarlie

Corina Ciocarlie - literary critic and essayist. Also journalist. Born on October 13th 1963 in Timisoara, she is the daughter of essayist and prose writer Livius Ciocarlie. In 1986...

Iulian Ciocan

Iulian Ciocan - literary critic and essayist. Born on April 6th 1968 in Kishinev, the Republic of Moldova, he is the son of N. Ciocan, a worker, and of Olga Ciocan, a nursery teacher....

Vitalie Ciobanu

Vitalie Ciobanu - prose writer and essayist. Also journalist and actor. Born on May 4” 1964 in Floresti. Soroca, Bessarabia. His parents are both teachers at “Ion Creanga” secondary...

Petru Cimpoiesu

Petru Cimpoiesu - prose writer. Born on January 20th 1952 in Vaslui, he is the son of Sterea Cimpoesu, a peasant (and occasionally a tailor) from Puscasi, Laza district, and of Aurelia...

Grigore Chiper

Grigore Chiper - poet. Also literary critic and essayist. Born on 16th April 1959 in Copanca. Slobozia, the Republic of Moldova, in a family of peasants. He graduated from the Faculty...

Dumitru Chioaru

Dumitru Chioaru - poet. Also literary critic and essayist. Born on October 19th 1957 in Sîngatin (Sibiu) in a family of peasants, Dumitru and Maria Chioaru, later on workers. He...

Gabriel Chifu

Gabriel Chifu - poet. Also prose writer and journalist. Born on March 22th 1954 in Calafat. Son of Ion Chifu, a lawyer, and of Angela Chifu. After graduating in 1973 from the National...

Ruxandra Cesereanu

Ruxandra Cesereanu - poet. Also prose writer and journalist. Born on August 17 1963 in Cluj Napoca, she is the daughter of Domiţian Cesereanu and of Aurora Cesereanu. After...

Svetlana Carstean

Svetlana Carstean - poet. Also journalist. She also writes under the pseudonym Svetlana Paul-Badescu. Born on February 18th 1969 in Botosani, she came from a Moldo-Bukowinean family...

Magda Carneci

Magda Carneci - poet. Also essayist, art critic and historian. Before 1989 she signed with the pseudonym Magdalena Ghica. Born on December 28th 1955 in the village Gîrleni (Bacau),...

Mircea Cartarescu

Biography and Career : He graduated "Dimitrie Cantemir" high-school and the Faculty of Romanian Language and Literature (1980) with a university degree thesis about Eminescu's poetic...

Luis de Camoes

Luis de Camoes (1524-1580) was a Portuguese poet and soldier. Short Biography: He went on various military expeditions, and was shipwrecked in 1558. His poem, "Os Lusiades" (The...

Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) was an English poet, who became the symbol of Romanticism and political liberalism throughout Europe in the 19th century. Biography...

Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet, notable for his use of the Scots dialect at a time when it was not considered suitably "elevated" for literature. Short Biography: Burns's...

Robert Browning

Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet, married to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Biography: His work is characterized by the use of dramatic monologue and an interest...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was a English poet. Short Biography: In 1844 she published Poems (including "The Cry of the Children"), which led to her friendship and...

Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-1915) was a English poet, symbol of the World War I "lost generation". Short Biography: His poems, the best-known being the five war sonnets (including...

Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was a Russian poet, who emigrated to the USA in 1972. Short Biography: His work, often dealing with themes of exile, is admired for its wit and economy...

Clemens Brentano

Clemens Brentano (1778-1842) was a German writer, leader of die Young Romantics. Short Biography: He published a seminal collection of folktales and songs with Ludwig von Arnim...