Ioana Pârvulescu
Romanian writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ioana Pârvulescu (born 1960) is a Romanian writer. She was born in Brașov and studied at the University of Bucharest. She graduated in 1983, and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university.
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| Born | Brașov, Romania |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Romanian, English, German, French |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Notable works | Life Begins on Friday |
| Notable awards | European Union Prize for Literature, 2013 |
She has worked at the literary journal România literară, and has translated the works of Maurice Nadeau, Angelus Silesius and Rainer Maria Rilke. She is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union. In 2013, Pârvulescu won the EU Prize for Literature for her book Viața începe vineri (Life Begins on Friday).[1] In 2018 she won the professional prize at the European Union Prize for Literature writing contest for her work of short fiction "A Voice".[2]
Two of her most recent books Inocenții/The Innocents(2016) and Prevestirea/The Prophecy (2020) are being translated by Alistair Ian Blyth and will be published at Istros Books.[3]
Bibliography
- Viața începe vineri, Humanitas, 2009 translated as Life begins on Friday by Alistair Ian Blyth, Istros Books, 2016.[4]
- Viitorul începe luni("The Future Begins on Monday"), Humanitas, 2012.
- Inocenții ("The Innocents"), Humanitas, 2016.
- Prevestirea ("The Prophecy"), Humanitas, 2020.
References
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