RADU SERGIU RUBA

Known as poet, novelist, translater and radiojournalist, RADU SERGIU RUBA was born on October 14th 1954, in Ardud, Satu Mare conty, north-west of Romania. At 11 years, he totally lost his sight. He studied foreign languages (French and English) at the Bucharest University. He was employed as teacher of French, lecturer of English in the British Council projects in Bucharest. In the last 30 years, he broadcasts a weekly program in the public radio.

Seven volumes of poetry, three of essays and interviews, two of short stories and four novels and an antology of various authors are signed Radu Sergiu Ruba since 1983. One of his novels was translated and issued into Italian and Portuguese. Its first translated version is in English under the title Blind man’s light, posted on Amazon. Ruba also translated in Romanian French authors.

Among the literary awards he has received are: The France Foreign Office Award at the World Festival of Short Stories (written or translated in French), Paris, 1993; The Romanian Academy Award for Fiction, Bucharest, 2016, for the novel A summer that never sets, in English version – Blind Man’s Light. He also received, from the president of the country, The Order of Cultural Merit of Romania.