Victor Felea (; 24 May 1923 – 28 March 1993) was a poet, essayist, and literary critic from Cluj (now

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, a longtime collaborator with the magazine ''Tribuna''.Victor Felea - Biography
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, he was the son of

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priest Toader Felea and his wife Marie. He graduated in 1948 from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Cluj (now part of Babeş-Bolyai University), and took the posts of literary reviewer at the National Theatre Cluj (1949–1950), editor at ''Almanahul literar'', and later at '' Steaua'' (1949–1970). He was adjunct editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Tribuna'' (1970–1985). From 1949 he was a member of the

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. Felea's first published book was the volume of verse ''Murmurul Străzii'' ("The Murmur of the Streets", 1955). He published in the majority of Romania's literary magazines (''

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'', ''Gazeta Literară'', ''Cronica'', ''Orizont'', ''

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'', etc.), and was awarded the ''Steaua'' Literary Magazine Award (1968), the Writers' Union Award (1971, 1983), and the Association of Writers of Cluj-Napoca Award (1975, 1979). His work as a poetry critic is distinguished by the extreme generosity of his reviews and criticism.

Selected works

Among his many volumes of verse were: * ''Soarele și liniștea'' ("The Sun and the Silence", 1958) * ''Revers citadin'' ("Another Face of the City", 1966) * ''Ritual solitar'' ("Solitary Ritual", 1969) * ''Sentiment de vîrstă'' ("Aging", 1972) * ''Cîntecul materiei'' ("The Song of the Matter", Selected Poems, 1973) * ''Cumpăna bucuriei'' ("Moderate Joy", 1975) * ''Gulliver'' (1979) * ''De toamnă'' ("About Falling", 1986) * ''Decorul speranţei'' ("Landscape of Expectations", 1988) * ''Jucător de rezervă'' ("Reserve Player", 1990) Additional works appeared posthumously: *''Jurnalul unui poet leneș'' ("The Journal of an Idle Poet", 2000) * The anthology of selected verses ''Ritual solitar'' ("Solitary Ritual", 2001). His work as a poetry critic is collected in the volumes *''Dialoguri despre poezie, Reflexii critice'' ("Dialogues about poetry, Critical Reflections", 1968), *''Poezie şi critică'' ("Poetry and criticism", 1971), *''Aspecte ale poeziei de azi, I-III'' ("Aspects of today's poetry I-III", 1977–1984). Felea also published translations of

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, Roy MacGregor-Hastie, and others.

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