Emil Brumaru

Emil Brumaru (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil bruˈmaru]; 25 December 1938 – 5 January 2019) was a Romanian writer and poet. He was renowned for his erotic poetry.

Biography

Born in Bahmutea, Bessarabia, Brumaru studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Iași before turning to poetry in 1975.

Brumaru died on 5 January 2019 in Iași at the age of 80.

Works

• Versuri (Stanzas), Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1970
• Detectivul Arthur (Arthur the Detective), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1970
• Julien Ospitalierul (Julian the Hospitaller), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1974
• Cântece naive (Naive Songs), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1976
• Adio, Robinson Crusoe (Adieu, Robinson Crusoe), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1978
• Dulapul îndrăgostit (The Enamoured Cupboard), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1980
• Ruina unui samovar (The Ruins of a Samovar), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1983
• Dintr-o scorbură de morcov (From the Hollow of a Carrot), Editura Nemira, Bucharest 1998
• Poeme alese (Selected Poems), 2003
• Opera poetică (2 vol., 2003, 3 vol., 2006) (Poetic Works), 2 vols., Editura Cartier, Kishinev, 2003, 2nd edition, 3 vols., 2006.
• Fluturii din pandişpan (Pain d'Espagne Butterflies), Editura Cronica, Iași, 2003
• Poezii (carte la borcan) (Poems. Jarbook), Editura Humanitas, Bucharest, 2003
• Cerşetorul de cafea (The Coffee Scrounger), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2004
• Submarinul erotic (The Erotic Submarine), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 2005
• Infernala comedie (The Infernal Comedy), Editura Brumar, Timișoara, 2005
• Dumnezeu se uită la noi cu binoclul (God is Gazing at us through Binoculars), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2006
• O brumă de paiete şi confetti (A Frosting of Spangles and Confetti), co-author: Șerban Foarță, 2007
• Cântece de adolescent (An Adolescent's Songs), 2007
• Povestea boiernaşului de ţară şi a fecioarei... (The Story of the Rural Petty Boyar and the Maiden...), Editura Trei, Bucharest, 2008
• Ne logodim cu un inel din iarbă (We Betroth Ourselves with this Ring of Grass), 2008
• Opere I. Julien Ospitalierul (Works I. Julian the Hospitaller), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009
• Opere II. Submarinul erotic (Works II. Erotic Submarine), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009
• Rezervația de îngeri (The Angel Reservation), Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013

Presence in anthologies

• Testament – Anthology of Modern Romanian Verse, second edition (bilingual version English/Romanian) – author and translator Daniel Ioniță, with Eva Foster, Rochelle Bews, and Prof.Dr.Daniel Reynaud – Editura Minerva, January 2015. ISBN 978-973-21-1006-5
• 2019 -Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry/400 de ani de poezie românească - Minerva Publishing 2019 - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) assisted by Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster. ISBN 978-973-21-1070-6
• 2020 - Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ISBN 978-0-9953502-8-1; OCLC 1288167046

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