Ioan Matiuț (Romania)

IOAN MATIUȚ (b. on December 18th, 1956, in Chişineu Criş, Arad county, Romania) is a writer, journalist and publisher. A graduate in journalism of the “Aurel Vlaicu”University, Arad. Chief-editor of Monitorul Cultural and owner of the Mirador Publishing House, where aseries of booke from valuable writers have been published.

His poems are translated in English, French, German, Serbian, Slovene, Arabian, Italian, Swedish, Spanish and Hungarian, Polish. As a poet, he was awarded prizes from the Writers’ Union, The Association of the LiteraryPress and Publishing Houses of Romania (A.P.L.E.R.), Arad Town Hall, EUROPOEZIA (Braila 2020) and also of the Convorbiri Literare and Semne magazines, Princess Margareta of Romania. He has participated in several literary festivals and literary projects in the country and abroad. He has initiated and coordinated local, county and national literary projects.

He has published: stâlpi de sare [salt pillars], Mirador, 1996, umbre [shadows], Mirador, 1999, priviri [gazes], Mirador, 2003, déjà vu, the „Poets of the City” collection, Dacia, 2005, déjà vu, Hungarian edition, AB Art, Bratislava, 2010, între ceruri [between the skies], Brumar,2009, respiră să nu uiţi [breathe so that you wouldn’t forget] Tipo Moldova, 2011, fuga din urmă [the last run], Tracus Arte, 2013, după perete [behind the wall], editura Mirador (2015),  toate acestea [all these], chinese edition, editura Casa Româno – Chineză, (2016), contraatacul de panică [panic counterattack], Tracus Arte, 2020. Vederi din mirador [ Views from the viewpoint ] Mirador 2023, ar putea fi / it might be, Mirador, 2024.

Also published in a series of poetry anthologies.