Radu Vancu
Radu Vancu (b. 1978) is a poet, literary critic and translator. He has published three collections: Epistole pentru Camelia (Epistles for Camelia, 2002), Biographia litteraria (2006), and Monstrul fericit (The Happy Monster, 2009). He has also published an essay (originally a PhD paper) on the work of a foremost contemporary Romanian poet, Mircea Ivănescu. Poezia discreţiei absolute (2007). Radu Vancu has four thrillers and mystries from English, as well as poetry from English, French and German. His poems have appeared in international anthologies and literary reviews and have been translated into several European languages. Recently, his poems have been selected for two an US and a Swedish anthology of Romanian authors. Follow his blog (in Romanian): http://raduvancu.unspe.com/
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.