Marta Petreu is the pen name of Rodica Marta Vartic, née Rodica Crisan (born 14 March 1955), a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n philosopher, literary critic, essayist and poet. A professor of philosophy at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, she has published eight books of essays and seven of poetry, and is the editor of the monthly magazine '' Apostrof''. Petreu is also noted as a historian of

fascism Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...

, which she notably dealt with in her book about the controversial stances of philosopher

Emil Cioran Emil Mihai Cioran (, ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. ...

(''An Infamous Past: E. M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania'', 1999).

Writings

Novels

* ''Acasă, pe cîmpia Armaghedonului'', 2011 * ''Supa de la miezul nopţii'', 2017

Essayst and historian of philosophy

* ''Teze neterminate'', 1991 * ''Jocurile manierismului logic'', 1995 * ''Ionescu în ţara tatălui'', 2001 * ''Filosofia lui Caragiale'', 2003 * ''Blaga, între legionari şi comunişti'' (Blaga, between legionnaires and communists), 2021

Presence in English language anthologies

* ''Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry - 400 de ani de poezie românească'' - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with

Daniel Reynaud Daniel Reynaud (born 27 August 1958) is an Australian historian whose work on Australian war cinema and on Australian World War I soldiers and religion has challenged aspects of the Anzac legend, Australia’s most important national mythology ...

, Adriana Paul & Eva Foster - Editura Minerva, 2019 - *''Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present'' - bilingual edition English/Romanian- Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with

, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ; LCCN - 202090783

External links

Marta Petreu
at the Babeş-Bolyai University * http://www.blouseroumaine.com/biographies/marta-petreu.html * http://www.agonia.net/index.php/author/0005366/Marta%20Petreu#bio Romanian essayists Romanian philosophers Romanian poets Romanian women writers Romanian magazine editors Academic staff of Babeș-Bolyai University Historians of fascism 1955 births Living people Romanian women philosophers 20th-century Romanian philosophers Romanian writers Romanian literary critics Romanian women literary critics Romanian women poets Romanian women essayists 20th-century Romanian women writers 20th-century essayists Romanian women editors Women magazine editors {{Romania-writer-stub