Traian T. Coșovei (; 28 November 1954 – 1 January 2014) was a

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n poet. He was a member of the

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. The son of writer Traian Coșovei and Maria Urdăreanu, he graduated from the Department of Romanian Language and Literature of the

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in 1978. He wrote a thesis on the

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. A so-called "80s Generation" writer, he was a member of the "Monday Literary Circle" led by Nicolae Manolescu, and of the literary circle led by

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. Coșovei's literary debut came in 1978 with the publication of a story in the magazine ''Literary Romania''. The following year, he began editing the ''Romanian Paper''. In 1980 he became a member of the

. In 1996 he was appointed in the National Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest, a job he held until his death. Coșovei died on 1 January 2014, at the age of 59.Doliu în literatura română. Poetul Traian T. Coșovei a murit

Books

* ''Ninsoarea electrică'' ("The Electrical Snowfall"), Cartea Românească, 1978 * ''1, 2, 3 SAU… '', Albatros, 1980 * ''Cruciada întreruptă'' ("The Discontinued Crusade"), Cartea Românească, 1982 * ''Aer cu diamante'' ("Air with Diamonds"), (anthology), ed. Litera, 1982 * ''Poemele siameze'' ("The Siamese Poems"), Albatros, 1983 * ''În așteptarea cometei'' ("Waiting for the Comet"), Cartea Românească, 1986 * ''Rondul de noapte'' ("The Night Watch"), Militară, 1987 * ''Pornind de la un vers'' ("Starting from One Line") (literary criticism), Eminescu, 1990 * ''Bătrânețile unui băiat cuminte'' ("The Old Age of a Good Boy"), Pontica, 1994 * ''Mickey Mouse e mort'' ("Mickey Mouse Is Dead"), Cartea Românească, 1994 * ''Ioana care rupe poeme'' ("Ioana who rips poems apart"), Asociația Scriitorilor & Cartea Românească, 1996 * ''Patinează sau crapă!'' ("Skate or Die!"), Axa, 1997 * ''Ninsoarea electrică'' ("The Electrical Snowfall"), Second edition, Vinea, 1998 * ''Percheziționarea îngerilor'' ("The Frisking of the Angels"), Crater, 1998 * ''Lumină de la frigider'' ("Light from the Refrigerator"), Cartea Românească, 1998 * ''Bună dimineața, Vietnam!'' ("Good Morning, Vietnam!"), Călăuza, 1999 * ''Hotel Urmuz'' (literary criticism), Călăuza, 2000 * ''Institutul de glasuri'' ("The Institute of Voices"), (anthology), Cartea Românească, 2002 * ''Vânătoarea pe capete'', Libra, 2002 * ''Greva căpșunelor'' ("The Strawberry Strike"), Libra, 2004 * ''Aeorstate plângând'' ("Crying Aerostates"), Tracus Arte, 2010

Awards

*Romanian Writers' Union's Newcomer Award (1979) *Bucharest Writers' Association Award (1994) *Romanian Academy Award (1996)

References

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