Dora Pavel

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Dora Pavel
Born Dora Voicu
June 29, 1946 (1946-06-29) (age 61)
Deva
Occupation novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
Nationality Romanian
Writing period since 1972

Dora Pavel (born June 29, 1946) is a Romanian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.

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[edit] Biography

Born to Viorica Pop and Eugen Voicu, both teachers, Dora Pavel graduated the Decebal College in Deva (1964), and the Faculty of Letters of the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj (1969).

She was a college professor of Romanian language in Alba Iulia and Deva, and later a researcher at the Institute of Linguistics and Literary History in Cluj. Since 1990 she has worked as editor at the local Radio Station of Cluj, where she handles broadcasts about Romanian language and literature.

Her debut as a poet began in the literary magazine Steaua (1972); her editorial debut in the collective volume Alpha '84, published in 1984 at Dacia Publishing House.

She publishes poetry and prose in such magazines as Familia and Vatra, as well as Tribuna, Steaua, Contrapunct, Apostrof, Contemporanul-Ideea europeană, România literară, Viaţa românească, and Poesis.

[edit] Works

[edit] Poetry

  • Naraţiuni întâmplătoare [Casual Narratives], Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 1989
  • Poemul deshumat [The Exhumed Poem], Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 1994
  • Creier intermediar [Intermediary Brains], Oradea, Ed. Cogito, 1997
  • Muncile lui Don Quijote [The Labours of Don Quixote] (anthology), Piteşti, Ed. Paralela 45, 2000

[edit] Novels

  • Agata murind [Dying Agata], Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 2003; 2nd ed., Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2004
  • Captivul [The Captive], Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2006

[edit] Interviews

  • Armele seducţiei [Weapons of Seduction (Dialogues)], Cluj, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2007
  • Rege şi ocnaş (Din culisele scrisului) [King and Prisoner (From the Off-stage of Writing)], Cluj, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2008

[edit] Anthologies

  • Young Poets of a New Romania, London & Boston, Forest Books, 1991
  • Transylvanian Voices. An Anthology of Contemporary Poets of Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi, The Center for Romanian Studies, 1997
  • Vid Tystnadens Bord, Stockholm, Symposion, 1998
  • Poètes roumains contemporains, Ottawa, Écrits des Forges, 2000

[edit] Editions

  • Biblia de la Blaj [The Bible of Blaj], festive edition, Rome, Tipografia Vaticana, (2000) (in collaboration).

[edit] Affiliations

[edit] Awards

  • Romanian Academy's Award, Timotei Cipariu (2000)
  • Romanian Writers' Union Award for fiction (2003)
  • The I. D. Sârbu Award of The Writers’ Union, Cluj (2006)
  • The Pavel Dan Award of The Writers’ Union, Cluj (2007)
  • The Best Book of the Year - Literary Journalism Award of The Writers’ Union, Cluj (2007)

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