Ioana Pârvulescu (born 1960) is a

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writer. She was born in

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and studied at the

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. She graduated in 1983 and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university. She has worked at the literary journal ''

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'', and has translated the works of Maurice Nadeau,

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and

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. She is a member of the

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. In 2013 Pârvulescu won the

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for her book ''Viața începe vineri'' (''Life Begins on Friday''). In 2018 she won the professional prize at the European Union Prize for Literature writing contest for her work of short fiction "A Voice". Two of her most recent books ''Inocenții/The Innocents''(2016) and ''Prevestirea/The Prophecy'' (2020) are being translated by Alistair Ian Blyth and will be published at

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Bibliography

* ''Viața începe vineri'', Humanitas, 2009 translated as ''Life begins on Friday'' by Alistair Ian Blyth,

, 2016. * ''Viitorul începe luni''("The Future Begins on Monday"), Humanitas, 2012. * ''Inocenții'' ("The Innocents"), Humanitas, 2016. * ''Prevestirea'' ("The Prophecy"), Humanitas, 2020.

References

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