Angela Baciu (Romania)

ANGELA BACIU was born on March 14, 1970, in Brăila, Romania. She is a poet, prose writer, publicist, and trainer. A member of the Romanian Writers’ Union, Iași Branch. A member of the Romanian PEN Club. She made her literary debut in 1987 and her editorial debut in 1994. She has published over 25 books.

Selected works: Poetry: Poppies in November (1997), Three Days from That September (2003), Youth with Only One Exit (2004), From Tomorrow Until the Day Before Yesterday (2007), Hotel Camberi (2017), Charli. Rue Sainte-Catherine 34 (2017), Breakfast at Frida’s (2020), Spiegel Writes Everywhere (2021), Nino’s Coat – in memoriam George Almosnino (2024, poetry anthology);
Interviews: Testimonies at the End of a Century (2000), Testimonies Between Millennia (2007, revised edition 2012), On How I Didn’t Miss Out on a Great Literature (2015); Memoir: 4 Days with Nora (2015); Theatre: Cuter than Dostoevsky (2017), The Neighbors’ Morning (2024) – co-written with Nora Iuga. Performances: Cuter than Dostoevsky (2018, 2020), What’s That Green Water in the Roof of the Mouth (2023) – texts co-written with Nora Iuga; Translations and international appearances: Poems/Versek – translators: Balázs F. Attila and Lörincz Mária, Hungary (2007);
Hungarian and Czech anthologies: Kortars roman koltok and Antologia sucasnej rumunskej lyriky (2007); Romanian Poetry Anthology by Christian W. Schenk (2024); Rumaensk Poesie, coordinator Flavia Teoc (2024); Crisol de almas: Voices of the World Against Racism, Xenophobia and Aporophobia (2024); Shattered – Artists Inspired by Artists, artwork and concept by Oana Maria Cajal (2024); From Toulouse-Lautrec to the Port of Rotterdam (2025, Chișinău – interviews with Nora Iuga).

Upcoming publications: I Wrote a Poem to Brauner – poetry, Cartea Românească Publishing House, 2025; The Short Sleep Syndrome / A rövid alvás szindróma – poetry anthology, translation by Lorand Petho, AB-ART Publishing House, Hungary; Birds and Gods. From the Danube to the Adriatic – poetry anthology, translation by Elsa Stavro, Albania.

She is featured in the Romanian Language and Literature Textbook for 8th Grade, Art Klett Publishing House, with the text In the Land of Soulful Objects – written for the anthology How to Invent a World, 2025. She participated in the “Promoting Romanian Literature in the European Space” Tour with readings in Hungary and Slovakia, in numerous editions of the International Festival “Poetry in Iași,” and in the Poetry Tournament on Mount Athos, Greece (2022). From October 31, 2013 to June 1, 2015, she led the Galați-Tecuci Representation of the Romanian Writers’ Union, Iași Branch. Since 2010, she has been actively involved in numerous humanitarian and social campaigns for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.