Nicolae Coande (Romania)

NICOLAE COANDE (b. September 23, 1962, Osica de Sus, Olt) lives in Craiova, where he proposes meetings with Romanian writers, poets, and foreign artists. He has published twelve books of poetry and two lyric anthologies. Most recent, The New Forbidden (Max Blecher Publishing House, 2025). Nonfiction books, interviews, essay, literary criticism. Most recent, The Poets Hunter’s Handbook, I-II (Hoffman Publishing House, 2021). Poetry awards of the Writers’ Union of Romania for the poetry books În margine/ On the edge, respectively fundătura homer/The Homer blind alley (1995, 2002). The “Mihai Eminescu” Award of the Romanian Academy (2017) for the poetry book Plagiator. 1962/Plagiarist. 1962, APLER Award for the poetry books 33 songs for didgeridoo (Tracus Arte Publishing House, 2023). Editor-founder of the Craiova National Theater magazine, “SpectActor” (since 2006). He is the director and moderator of the “SpectActor Meetings”, a cultural event hosted by the Craiova National since 2010, and of the “Poets’ Gathering” event (since 2016). He previously initiated “Poetry Sundays in the theater” (2010-2016). He coordinates the Festival of Literature and Dramaturgy “Patrel Berceanu” (since 2019). Writer in residence in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain. It has been included in anthologies and literary magazines in the USA (Asymptote, Plume, Guernica), Belgium, Germany, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia.