Traian Coșovei (24 March 1921, Somova,

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– 16 July 1993,

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) was a Romanian writer and poet. Traian Coșovei was born in the

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in a fisherman's family. After attending

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, he graduated from the Letters and Philosophy Department of the

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in 1947. A follower of socialist realism, he is known for having written highly positive

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s and journey accounts from his trip to the

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, and for having compared

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to national bard

Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanians, Romanian Romanticism, Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Emin ...

. The school in his home village is called in his honor. He is the father of

Traian T. Coșovei Traian T. Coșovei (; 28 November 1954 – 1 January 2014) was a Romanian poet. He was a member of the Writers' Union of Romania. The son of writer Traian Coșovei and Maria Urdăreanu, he graduated from the Department of Romanian Language and Li ...

Books

*La Taliane, București, 1950 *Prietenie, București, 1951 *Împărăția vânturilor, București, 1954 *Sub cerul liber, București, 1954 *Uriașul preludiu, București, 1955 *Farmecul genezei, București, 1956 *Dimensiuni. Peisaj sovietic, București, 1957 *Dobrogea de aur, București, 1958 *Cântec să crească băiatul, București, 1959 *Semnul din larg, București, 1960 *Oceanul, București, 1962 *Răul porni mai departe, București, 1962 *Stelele dimineţii, București, 1964 *Firul de iarbă, București, 1965 *Tânărul meu Ulise, București, 1966 *Când mă grăbeam spre mare, București, 1967 *Pe urmele voastre, București, 1967 *Informaţia ereditară, București, 1969 *Prietenă cu focul şi cu apa, București, 1969 *Oda zilnică, București, 1970 *O colibă sub fereastra ta, București, 1971 *Fata cu părul lung, București, 1972 *Lauda fluviului, București, 1974 *Mai fericiţi decât Ulise, București, 1974 *Tuturor drumurilor, București, 1974 *La ţărmul cu lună, București, 1977 *Dobrogea de aur, București, 1978 *Farmecul geneza, București, 1979 *Tropaeum Traiani, București, 1982 *Banchetul toamnei, București, 1984 *Când cerul se schimbă, București, 1987

Awards

*Romanian Academy's "Alexandru Sahia" Award (1955)

References

* Eusebiu Camilar, ''Cărțile săgetătorului'', 1957 * Sorin Bratu, ''Cronici, II'', 1958 * Ion Vitner, ''Prozatori contemporani, II'', 1962 * Cornel Regman, ''Cărți, autori, tendințe'', 1967 *

Nicolae Manolescu Nicolae Manolescu (; 27 November 1939 – 23 March 2024) was a Romanian literary critic. Elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1997, he was upgraded to titular member in 2013. Life and career Manolescu was born in Râmnicu ...

, ''România literară'', nr. 42, 1983 *

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, ''România litarară'', nr. 3, 1985 1921 births 1993 deaths Romanian writers University of Bucharest alumni People from Tulcea County {{romania-writer-stub