Linda Maria Baros

Linda Maria Baros
Born 6 August 1981
Occupation Poet, literary critic, translator
Language French
Alma mater Paris-Sorbonne University
Period 2001–present
Notable works The House Made of Razor Blades
Notable awards

Member of the Mallarmé Academy (Académie Mallarmé, 2013),

Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (2007), Prix de la vocation en Poésie (2004)
Website
lindamariabaros.fr

Linda Maria Baros (born on the 6th of August 1981 in Bucharest) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic, one of the most powerful new voices[1][2] on today’s poetry scene (the famous French literary award Guillaume Apollinaire Prize – 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize – 2004). She lives in Paris, France.[3]

Member of the Mallarmé Academy (Académie Mallarmé) since 2013.[4]

Her poems have been published in 25 countries.

Biography

Literary prizes

Literary works

She made her debut in 1988 with a poem published in a literary review from Bucharest.

Poetry

Poems of Linda Maria Baros in translation

Linda Maria Baros' poems were published in over 25 countries, in anthologies and literary reviews, as, for example, Pleiades (United States of America) or Poetry Review, Horizon Review (England).[18]

Her poems have also been published in Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Mexico, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Ukraine, Republic of Moldavia, Latvia, Morocco, Bangladesh, Iran, Japon, Finland etc.

In 2011, the "Arthur Rimbaud" Museum in France commissioned Canadian sculptor Michel Goulet to engrave some of Linda Maria Baros' lines of poetry on an objet d'art made of stainless steel.[19]

Linda Maria Baros took part in over 500 poetry readings and in over 50 poetry festivals.

Drama

Literary studies

Translations

Over 30 books : she translated from Romanian into French poetry by Nichita Stanescu, Angela Marinescu, Marta Petreu, Ioan Es. Pop, Mircea Bârsila, Floarea Ţuţuianu, Magda Cârneci, Simona Popescu etc. From French/English/Spanish/Nederlands, she translated into Romanian poetry by Henri Michaux, Boris Vian, Guy Goffette, Collette Nys-Mazure, José Luis Reina Palazón, Maria Antonia Ortega, Jan H. Mysjkin or novels by Alphonse Daudet, Johanna Spyri, James Oliver Curwood etc.

She also published some anthologies of poetry:

Reviews

She collaborates with poetry, literary criticism and translations at the reviews: Poetry Review, Horizon Review (England), Pleiades, International Notebook of Poetry (USA), Contre-jour, Langage & créativité (Canada), Po&sie, Aujourd'hui poème, NUNC, Poésie 2003, Europe, Seine et Danube, La Revue littéraire, Pyro, Confluences poétiques, Ici & Là, MIR, La traductière, Hauteurs, Littérales, Le Capital des mots, Thauma, L’Écho d’Orphée, Le Bateau Fantôme, La page blanche, Levure Littéraire (France), Observator München, Galateea (Germany), Bunker Hill (Netherlands), Alora, la bien cercada, El Coloquio de los Perros, ABC (Spain), Poëziekrant, Deus ex machina, Le Journal des Poètes, Langue vive, Revolver (Belgium), Scritture Migranti, Formafluens (Italy), La Revue de Belles Lettres (Switzerland), Le Quotidien, Tageblatt, Le Jeudi (Luxembourg), Poetika, Zlatna greda, Književni list, Gradina (Serbia), Lirikon 21 (Slovenia), "România literară", Viata românească, Luceafărul, Adevărul literar si artitic, Ziua literară, Arges, Calende, Tribuna, Familia, Apostrof, Astra, Noua literatură, Conta, Arca (Romania), Électron libre (Morocco), Shirdanra (Bangladesh), Beagle (Japan) etc.

Schoolbooks

The poem The Mine Horses was included into Limba si literatura română. Manual de clasa a XII-a (Romanian language and literature. 12th-grade schoolbook), Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2007, Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-973-47-0141-4

Anthologies

Linda Maria Baros' poems were published in over 40 anthologies, as:

Translation Scholarships

International Festivals

Bibliography

References

  1. "une des voix les plus affirmées d’aujourd’hui, Linda Maria Baros". Texture Review. 2010.
  2. "Linda Maria Baros, poète européenne". Combats magazine. 2008.
  3. "France Culture". Radio.
  4. "Member of the Académie Mallarmé".
  5. "France : Member of the Académie Mallarmé".
  6. "General secretary of "Guillaume Apollinaire" Poetry Prize".
  7. member of the jury of "Max-Pol Fouchet" Poetry Prize "Max-Pol Fouchet Poetry Prize".
  8. ""The College of Comparative Literature" – Paris, France".
  9. "PHD in Comparative Literature at the Paris-Sorbonne University – France".
  10. "thesis : The Myth of Erotic Metamorphosis".
  11. "the famous French literary award Guillaume Apollinaire Prize". Prix Apollinaire à Linda Maria Baros.
  12. "The Poetical Calling Prize". Prix de la Vocation.
  13. "Translation Prize".
  14. "The House Made of Razor Blades". Cheyne éditeur.
  15. "in Latvian - Daugava Publishing House".
  16. "in Bulgarian – Foundation for the Bulgarian Literature Publishing House".
  17. "in Romanian – Cartea Româneasca Publishing House".
  18. "The well-known francophone poet, Linda Maria Baros".
  19. "Rimbaud &Linda Maria Baros – sculpture".
  20. "Library ZOOM".
  21. "Anthology - Romanian poetry. 1990-2013".
  22. "anthology Marta Petreu - Éditions Caractères, 2013".
  23. "anthology Floarea Ţuţuianu - Éditions Caractères, 2013".
  24. "anthology Angela Marinescu - Éditions L’Oreille du Loup, 2011".
  25. "anthology Ioan Es. Pop - Éditions L’Oreille du Loup, 2010".
  26. "Anthology of Romanian Poetry".
  27. "anthology – France : Freedom to create, freedom to shout".
  28. "anthology – Italy : 11 Romanian Women Poets".
  29. "anthology – France : French Women Poets".
  30. "anthology – Romania : 25 Romanian Poets in Italian".
  31. "anthology – Germany : 8 French and German Poets".
  32. "anthology – France, Éditions Gallimard".
  33. "anthology – France : la poésie érotique".
  34. "anthology – Romania : The International Days and Nights of Literature".
  35. "anthology – Croatia : The European Messenger".
  36. "anthology – Finland : 12 Women Poets".
  37. "anthology – France : 30 major voices".
  38. "anthology – Romania : The Generation 2000".
  39. "anthology – France : 57 French Women Poets".
  40. "anthology – 12th century – 21st century". from Marie de France to Linda Maria Baros.
  41. "anthology – Mexico : Poetas del mundo latino".
  42. "anthology – Netherlands : 40 poets – 40 years of festival".
  43. "anthology – 144 Today Poets from all over the World".
  44. "anthology – The Poetical Year 2005 – French Poets".
  45. "Translation Workshop - Germany".
  46. http://www.corkpoetryfest.net/baros_lindamaria.html
  47. "Canada - Acadie Rock 2013"..
  48. "Canada - Festival acadien de Caraquet"..
  49. "France - Voix de la Méditerranée – Festival de poésie"..
  50. "France - Le Printemps des Poètes"..
  51. "France - Littératures Etrangères 2013"..
  52. "Germany - Zeitkunst-Festival, Berlin".
  53. "Mexico – Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo Latino".
  54. "Germany - Poesiefestival Berlin".
  55. "Romania - The International Days and Nights of Literature".
  56. "audio : poem by Linda Maria Baros : Les enfants passés au tamis".
  57. "portraits of writers (photo)".
  58. "Poetry International Web".
  59. "Dictionnaire des écrivains migrants de langue française"..

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