Dora Pavel (born June 29, 1946) is a Romanian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.

Biography

Born as Dora Voicu to Viorica Pop and Eugen Voicu, both teachers, Dora Pavel graduated from the Decebal College in Deva (1964), and the Faculty of Letters of the Babeş-Bolyai University in

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(1969). She graduated Decebal College in Deva (1964), and the Faculty of Letters of the Babeş-Bolyai University in

(1969). She became professor of Romanian language in

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historica ...

and Deva, then researcher at the Institute of Linguistics and Literary History in Cluj; since 1990, she has worked as editor at the local Radio Station of Cluj, where she specialises in topics of Romanian language and literature. She made her poetry debut in the literary magazine ''Steaua'' (1972), and her editorial debut in the collective volume ''Alpha '84'' (1984) at

Dacia Publishing House Editura Dacia ("Dacia Publishing House") is a publishing house based in Romania, located on Pavel Chinezul Street 2, Cluj-Napoca. Named after the ancient region of Dacia, it was founded in 1969 by a group of Transylvanian intellectuals, and pr ...

. She also publishes poetry and prose in such literary magazines as ''Tribuna'', ''Steaua'', ''Contrapunct'', ''

Apostrof ''Apostrof'' (Romanian for "Apostrophe") is a monthly literary magazine published in Cluj-Napoca, Romania under the Romanian Writers' Union patronage. It was founded in 1990 by Babeş-Bolyai University professor Marta Petreu, who is also its editor ...

'', '' Contemporanul-Ideea Europeană'', '' România literară'', '' Viaţa românească'', ''Poesis'', '' Familia'' and '' Vatra''.

Works

Poetry

* ''Naraţiuni întâmplătoare'' (''Casual Narratives''), Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 1989. * ''Poemul deshumat'' (''The Exhumed Poem''), Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 1994. * ''Creier intermediar'' (''Intermediary Brains''), Oradea, Ed. Cogito, 1997. * ''Muncile lui Don Quijote'' (''The Labours of Don Quixote'', an anthology), Piteşti, Ed. Paralela 45, 2000.

Short stories

* ''Întoarce-te, Esthera'' (''Come Back, Esthera''), Cluj, Ed. "Biblioteca Apostrof", 1999. * ''Animal în alertă'', Cluj, Ed. Dacia XXI, 2010

Novels

* ''Agata murind'' (''Dying Agata''), Cluj, Ed. Dacia, 2003; 2nd ed., Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2004
3rd ed., Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2014
. * ''Captivul'' (''The Captive''), Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2006; 2nd ed., Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2017. * ''Pudră'' (''Powder''), Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2010. * ''Do Not Cross'', Iași, Ed. Polirom, 2013.
''Agata muriendo'', translated by Marian Ochoa de Eribe, Madrid, Editorial Crealite, 2013
.
''No pasar (Do Not Cross)'', translated by Doina Făgădaru, Madrid, Dos Bigotes, 2018
* ''Bastian'', Iași, Ed. Polirom, 2020. * ''Crush'', Iași, Ed. Polirom, 2022.

Interviews

* ''Armele seducţiei'' (''Weapons of Seduction''; Dialogues), Cluj, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2007. * ''Rege şi ocnaş'' (''King and Prisoner''), Cluj, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2008. * Gheorghe Grigurcu, ''O provocare adresată destinului''. Convorbiri cu Dora Pavel, Satu Mare, Pleiade, 2009.

Anthologies

* ''Young Poets of a New Romania'', London & Boston, Forest Books, 1991. * ''Transylvanian Voices. An Anthology of Contemporary Poets of Cluj-Napoca'', Iaşi, The Center for Romanian Studies, 1997. * ''Vid Tystnadens Bord'', Stockholm, Symposion, 1998. * ''Poètes roumains contemporains'', Ottawa, Écrits des Forges, 2000. * ''Il romanzo rumeno contemporaneo (1989-2010). Teorie e proposte di lettura'', a cura di Nicoleta Nesu, edizione italiana di Angela Tarantino, premessa di Luisa Valmarin, Bagatto Libri, Roma, 2010. * ''Fiction 16: Contemporary Romanian Prose'', Iaşi, Ed. Polirom, 2010.

Editions

* ''Biblia de la Blaj (1795)'' (''The Bible of Blaj''), Rome (in collaboration with Tipografia Vaticana), 2000

Affiliations

* Member of The Writers' Union of Romania * Member of The Professional Journalists' Union of Romania

Awards

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its by ...

's Award, Timotei Cipariu (2000) *

Romanian Writers' Union The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...

Award for fiction (2003) * The I. D. Sârbu Award of The Writers' Union, Cluj (2006) * The Pavel Dan Award of The Writers' Union, Cluj (2007, 2010) * The Best Book of the Year – Literary Journalism Award of The Writers' Union, Cluj (2007) * The Ion Agârbiceanu Award of The Writers' Union, Cluj (2013)

References

Sources

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''Dying Agata'': Review by Marius Chivu, in ''România literară'', no. 7, February 23 – March 1, 2005
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* ttp://observatorcultural.ro/Teatrul-crud-al-existentei*articleID_17046-articles_details.html ''The Captive'': Review by Andrei Simuţ, in ''Observator cultural'', no. 102, February 15-21, 2007*
''Weapons of Seduction'': Review by Gheorghe Grigurcu, in ''România literară'', no. 2, January 11-17, 2008
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20181019001719/http://www.romlit.ro/index.pl/jocuri_de_putere ''Do Not Cross'': Review by Cosmin Ciotloș, in ''România literară'', no. 33, 2013*
''Do Not Cross'': Review by Alex Goldiș, in ''România literară'', no. 39, 2013
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* [http://phantasma.lett.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CaieteEchinox35-2018-pp.366-398.pdf Giovanni Magliocco, ''L'errance post-mortem d'une identité fragmentée. "Pudrã" de Dora Pavel entre Néo-Gothique et Postmoderne'', in ''L'errance post-mortem d'une identité fragmentée. "Pudrã" de Dora Pavel entre Néo-Gothique et Postmoderne'', in ''Caietele Echinox'', vol. 35, 2018, p. 366‒398]