Ciprian Măceșaru (Romania)

CIPRIAN MĂCEȘARU (b. 7.09.1976) — writer, photographer, and musician. His books include: Undița și ochiul / The Fishing Rod and the Eye, Curtea Veche Publishing, 2024; Despre nerăbdarea de a fi răbdător / On the Impatience of Being Patient, epistolary dialogue with Dan C. Mihăilescu, Humanitas, 2014; Infrapaginal / Infrapage, Cartex, 2019; Trei sute de ceaușești liliputani / Three Hundred Lilliputian Ceaușescus, with Vladimir Tismăneanu, Humanitas, 2016; Super! Sunt un gândac! / Super! I’m a Bug!, Humanitas Junior, 2015 and 2019 — also published in Hungarian; SHOOT! (photo album), Casa de Pariuri Literare, 2022; Corpuri de întunecat (Dark Bodies), Casa de Pariuri Literare, 2020; O moarte cum tu nu ai putea avea / A Death You Could Never Have, Litera, 2024. His work has appeared in anthologies both in Romania and abroad.

Based on his lyrics, Irish composer Gráinne Mulvey created the piece Don’t Walk, which premiered in Dublin on December 5, 2013, at The LAB cultural center. He wrote the libretto for the chamber opera În trup / In the Body, music by Diana Rotaru, the winning work of the UCIMR CAMERA Project (2017). As a photographer, he has held several exhibitions and illustrated multiple books. He is also a drummer and composer in the bands Toulouse Lautrec, Hotel Fetish, and Wet Pocket.