TEODORA COMAN (Romania)

TEODORA COMAN has published five poetry books: cârtița de mansardă (the attic mole, 2012), foloase necuvenite (undue benefits, 2015), soft guerrilla (2017) with Casa de Editură Max Blecher, Lucy (2021) with Tracus Arte, and Piesă de rezistență (centerpiece, Nemira, Vorpal collection). She received the “Iustin Panța” Debut Prize (2013) and the Observator Universitas Prize (2024) at the Observator cultural Awards Gala. Several of her books were shortlisted for the Sofia Nădejde Awards (foloase necuvenite / undue benefits, Lucy) and for the Radio România Cultural Awards (Piesă de rezistență / centerpiece). Since 2011, she has been an editor of Poesis Internațional.

Her texts have been included in various anthologies: Ziua cea mai lungă (The Longest Day) – ed. Aleksandar Stoicovici, 2011, Herg Benet; Bienala europeană de poezie feminină de la Brașov (European Biennial of Women’s Poetry in Brașov) – 2013, ed. Andrei Bodiu, Casa Cărții de Știință; Un secol de poezie română scrisă de femei (A Century of Romanian Poetry Written by Women) – 2019, ed. Alina Purcaru and Paula Erizanu, Cartier Publishing; Tu, înainte de toate. Antologia poeziei contemporane de dragoste (You, Before Everything Else. Anthology of Contemporary Love Poetry) – ed. Cosmin Perța, 2018, Paralela 45; antologia de poezie feminină română contemporană (Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Women’s Poetry), 2021, ed. Cătălina Iliescu Gheorghiu, bilingual Romanian–Spanish edition: Sombras, incendios y desvanes. Diecisiete poetas rumanas (1961–1980), Vaso Roto.

Also, selections of her poems have been translated into Polish, Turkish, German, Slovenian, Hungarian, Italian, and English.