ROMULUS BUCUR (Romania)

ROMULUS BUCUR was born on May 11, 1956, in Arad. He teaches comparative literature, cultural studies, literary translation and creative writing at the Transylvania University of Brasov; currently, deputy editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Arca in Arad (where he has been the poetry columnist since the first issue, 1 / 1990).

Volumes of poetry: Five (together with Bogdan Ghiu, Ion Bogdan Lefter, Mariana Marin and Alexandru Muşina), 1982; The Weight of Ink on Paper, 1984; Literature, Life, 1989; Love & Courage, 1995; Poetry at Annaghmakerrig (together with Mircea Cărtărescu), Dublin, Dedalus Press, 1996; Ditty / Cîntecel, London, Slow Dancer Press, 1998; Cîntecel(e). Fast-food Poems, 1998; Cat Book, 2003; Selected Poems 1975 – 2005, 2008; A Few Secondary Characters, 2009, The Art of War, 2015, Poetic Opera, 2017, Ode to the Consumer Society, 2018, About Friends & Loneliness, 2020, Our Greatest, 2022, The Art of War, second edition, expanded, 2024. In an advanced phase, a new volume of poems, which will probably appear later this year. Present in a series of anthologies, in the country and abroad; various academic articles and volumes of literary criticism.