“Romania literara” Debut Awards

Between 2002-2010, “Romania literară” magazine awarded with the support of the Anonimul Foundation “Romania literara” Debut Awards, three prizes, with a value of 10 million ROL (1,000 RON) each, judged by the members of the Romania literara magazine’s editorial office.”.

The awarding ceremonies took place at the Prometheus Club in Bucharest (3-5 United Nations Square, sector 4).

Ana-Stanca Tabarasi - “Colored Romanticism”, essay
Adrian Buz - “The last chapter”, short prose
Daniel Cristea Enache - “Opening concert”, literary chronicles
Alexandra Ciocarlie – “Iuvenal”, critics and essay
Anca Manolescu – “The traveler’s place. The symbology of the space in the Christian East”, critics and essay

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Ciprian Siulea – “Rhetors, semblances, swindles”
Claudiu Komartin – “The puppeteer and other insomnia”
Constanta Ghitulescu – “In shalwars and with fur cap”
Liliana Corobca – “Negrissimo”
Ioana Bradea – “Bagau”, novel
Filip Florian - "Degete mici", roman
Nicolae Strambeanu – “Gospel by Arana”, novel

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Nominees::

Ina Crudu - "Eclipse Day", Aula Publishing House
Bogdan Cretu - "Matei Visniec, an atypical ‘80’s ", University Publishing House "Al. I. Cuza "
Monica Heintz - "Ethics of Labor at the today's Romanians", Curtea Veche Publishing House
Tudor Lavric - "Draculaland", Domino Publishing House
"Paupera (fabula rasa)", coordinator: Romanita Constantinescu, Univ. Bucharest

Winners:

Monica Heintz - ""Ethics of Labor at the today's Romanians", volume of social anthropology
Tudor Lavric - "Draculaland", novel

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Nominees::

Gabriela Eftimie, " Polaroid Red Eye", poetry, Vinea Publishing House
Vasile Ernu, "Born in the USSR", Memorial, Polirom Publishing House
Cosana Nicolae, "Canon, canonic", essay, Univers Enciclopedic Publishing House
Livia Rosca, "Lipstick on Icons", poetry, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House
Alex. Leo Serban, "Robinson's Dietetics", essay, Curtea Veche Publishing House

Winners:

Gabriela Eftimie - "Polaroid Red Eyes", poetry, Vinea Publishing House
Vasile Ernu - "Born in the USSR", memorialist, Polirom Publishing House
Cosana Nicolae - "Canon, canonic", essay, Univers Enciclopedic Publishing House

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Nominees:

Iulian Costache - "Eminescu, the negotiation of an image", study, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest
Tatiana Dragomir, "Photograme", Romanian, House of Sciences, Cluj Napoca
Angelo Mitchievici, "Mateiu I. Caragiale, decadent physiognomies", essay, Publishing House of the Romanian Cultural Institute, Bucharest
Andrei Simut, - " The Literature of the Trauma ", essay, Science Book House, Cluj Napoca
Alexandra Tomita, - " A glorious history. The file of the Romanian protocronism", study, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest

Winners:

Iulian Costache - "Eminescu, the negotiation of an image", study, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest
Andrei Simut, - "The Literature of the Trauma ", essay, Science Book House, Cluj Napoca
Alexandra Tomita, - "A glorious history. The file of the Romanian protocronism", study, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest

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Nominees:

Svetlana Carstean "Flower of the vise", poetry, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
Simona Sora, "Retrieving Intimacy", essay, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
Oana Soare, "Petru Dumitriu & Petru Dumitriu", literary critique, National Literature and Art Publishing House;
Florin Caragiu, "Catacombs, here is all alive", poetry, Vinea Publishing House;
Daniela Popa, "Paper clips", poetry, Editura Axa;
Irina Szasz, "WithMind at Dalai Lama", prose, Editura Curtea Veche.

Winners:

Svetlana Carstean, "Flower of the vise", poetry, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
Simona Sora, "Retrieving Intimacy", essay, Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
Oana Soare, "Petru Dumitriu & Petru Dumitriu", literary critic, National Literature and Art Publishing House.

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Nominees:

Stoian G. Bogdan, "The Faces", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009;
Alice Popescu, "A Sociopsychoanalysis of the Socialist Realism", 3 Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009;
Andreea Rasuceanu, "The Two Mantulese", Vremea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009;
Georgiana Sarbu, "The Histories of the Periphery", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009;
Andrei Terian, "G. Calinescu. The Fifth Essence ", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009.

Winners:

Stoian G. Bogdan, "The Faces", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009; Alice Popescu, "A Sociopsychoanalysis of the Socialist Realism", Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009; Andrei Terian, "G. Calinescu. The Fifth Essence ", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009.

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Book of the Year Award

Between 2002-2010, at the end of each year, “Romania literară” magazine awarded with the support of the Anonimul Foundation Book of the Year Award, with a value of 100 million ROL (10,000 RON), for the most important literary work of the year.

The awarding ceremonies took place at the Prometheus Club in Bucharest (3-5 United Nations Square, sector 4).

Nominees:
  • Tia Serbanescu - "The Woman from the Picture - Journal 1987-1989", Bucharest, Compania Publishing House, 2002
  • Mircea Cartarescu - "Dazzling II – The Body", novel, Bucharest, Humanitas Publishing House, 2002
  • Radu Cosasu - "The Survivals I – The Vestiges of the Small Bourgeoisie", short prose, Bucharest, the Publishing House of the PRO Foundation, 2002
  • Gabriel Liiceanu - "The Forbidden Door", journal, Bucharest, Humanitas Publishing House, 2002
  • Horia Roman Patapievici - "The Recent Man”, Critics on the Modernity from the “What is Lost when Something is Won?” Point of View, Bucharest, Humanitas Publishing House, 2001
The Book of the Year Award: Gabriel Liiceanu - “The Forbidden Door”, journal

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Nominees:
  • Emil Brumaru – “The Poetical Opera”, Cartier Publishing House
  • Matei Calinescu – “The Portrait of M”, Polirom Publishing House
  • Mircea Cartarescu – “Always Young, Covered in Pixels”, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Mircea Ivanescu – “Poems”, Polirom Publishing House
  • Gabriel Liiceanu, Catalin Cioaba – Translation of "Time and Being" of Martin Heidegger, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Monica Lovinescu – “Journal III”, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Andrei Plesu – “About Angels, Humanitas Publishing House
The Book of the Year Award: Monica Lovinescu – “Journal III”, Humanitas Publishing House

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Nominees:
  • Radu Aldulescu - “The Prophets of Jerusalem”, roman, The Publishing House of the Writers’ Union of Romania
  • Cristian Badilita – Coordination of the translation from Greek of the first two volumes of “Septuagint”, Polirom Publishing House
  • Ana Blandiana – “The Reflux of Meanings”, volume of new poems, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Ilie Constantin – “The Written Family”, journal, Albatros Publishing House
  • Andrei Cornea – “From the School of Athens to the School of Paltinis”, essay volume, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Gheorghe Craciun – “Pupa Russa”, novel, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Mihai Dinu - “It is Easy to Write Verses…” Short Treatise of Romanian Prosody”, The Publishing House of the Romanian Cultural Institute
  • Sorin Marculescu – Translation from Spanish of “Don Quijote de la Mancha” novel by Cervantes, Paralela 45 Publishing House
  • Horia-Roman Patapievici – “The Eyes of Beatrice. How is Dante’s world in Reality?”, Humanitas Publishing House
  • Horia-Roman Patapievici – “Discernment of Modernization. 7 Conferences about the De Facto Situation” – Humanitas publishing house
The Book of the Year Award:The team of translators coordinated by Cristian Badilita, for the translation of the first two volumes of “Septuagint” Bible

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Nominees:
  • Emil Brumaru – “Poetical Work”, 3 volumes, Cartier Publishing House, Chisinau
  • Livius Ciocarlie – “Old Age and Death in the Third Millennium”, memoirs, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest
  • Andrei Codrescu – “Casanova in Bohemia”, novel, Polirom Publishing House, Iasi
  • Andrei Cornea – “When Socrates is Wrong”, studies-commentaries, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest
  • Florina Ilis – “The Children’s Crusade”, novel, Cartea Româneasca Publishing House, Bucharest
  • Dan C. Mihailescu – “Left Improvements”, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest
  • Mihail Nemes – Translation of “Faust” by Goethe, Paralela 45 Publishing House, Pitesti
  • Eugen Simion – “Mircea Eliade. The Knots and the Signs of Prose”, Univers Enciclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest
The Book of the Year Award: Florina Ilis – “The Children’s Crusade”, novel, and Andrei Cornea – “When Socrates is Wrong”, studies-commentaries

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Nominees:
  • Matei Calinescu - "Eugene Ionesco: identity and existential themes" - Junimea Publishing House
  • Petru Cimpoesu - "Christina Domestica and the Soul Hunters", Humanitas Publishing House
  • Ion Manolescu - "Derapation", Polirom Publishing House
  • Florin Turcanu - "Mircea Eliade. The Prisoner of History", Humanitas Publishing House
  • Eugen Uricaru - "Submission", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House
2006 Prize of the Year of the Year: Florin Turcanu - "Mircea Eliade. the Prisoner of History", Humanitas Publishing House

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Nominees:
  • Nicolae Breban "Jiquidi" - Art Publishing House, Bucharest;
  • Mircea Cartarescu - "Dazzling" (vol. III), Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest;
  • Serban Foarta - "The Book of Psalms", Brumar Publishing House, Timisoara;
  • John Lacusta - "Ilumination", Polirom Publishing House, Iasi;
  • Gheorghe Parusi - "The Chronology of Bucharest", Compania Publishing House, Bucharest;
  • Dan Stanca - "The Night of Judah", Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest.
2007 Book of the Year Award: Mircea Cartarescu - " Dazzling " (vol. III), Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest
At the same ceremony, the ANONIMUL Foundation and the “Romania literara” Magazine awarded the OMNIA OPERA Award to the writer Mircea Ivanescu.

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Nominees:
  • Virgil Duda "The Last Loves" - Polirom Publishing House
  • Filip Florian - "The King's Days", Polirom Publishing House
  • Ion Iovan - " The latest insights of Mateiu Caragiale ", Curtea Veche Publishing House
  • Eugen Negrici - "The Illusions of Romanian Literature", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
  • Radu Paraschivescu - "With the heart pulled from the chest", Humanitas Publishing House;
  • Doina Rusti - "The Phantom in the Mill", Polirom Publishing House;
2008 Book of the Year Award: Eugen Negrici - "The Illusions of Romanian Literature", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House

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Nominees:
  • George Ardeleanu, "N. Steinhardt and the Freedom Paradoxes", Humanitas Publishing House;
  • Nicolae Breban, - "Orpheus in Hell", Polirom Publishing House;
  • Angela Marinescu, - "Personal Issues", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
  • Cristian Teodorescu, - "Medgidia, The Last City", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House;
  • Varujan Vosganian, "The Book of the Whispers", Polirom Publishing House
2009 Book of the Year Award: Varujan Vosganian – “The Book of the Whispers”, Polirom Publishing House

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Nominees:
  • Gabriela Adamesteanu, - "Provisional", Polirom Publishing House;
  • Ana Blandiana, - "My Homeland A4", Humanitas Publishing House;
  • Lucian Boia, - "Germanophiles", Humanitas Publishing House;
  • Andrei Oisteanu, - "Narcotics in Romanian Culture", Polirom Publishing House;
  • Horia-Roman Patapievici, "The Last Culianu", Humanitas Publishing House;
  • Ion Vianu, - "Amor intellectualis", Polirom Publishing House;
  • Violeta Popa and George Volceanov - translation of "Opera I, Sonete" "Storm", "Works II" Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Paralela 45 Publishing House
2010 Book of the Year Award: Ion Vianu - "Amor intellectualis", volume published by Polirom Publishing House.

On Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at 19:00, the Prometheus Club hosts the CARTEA ANULUI 2011 Award ceremony. The prize, gross of 10,000 RON, awarded by Literary Romania, with the support of ANONIMUL Foundation, will be awarded by the jury consisting of Nicolae Manolescu - president and editors of "Romania literara" magazine.

Nominees:
  • Dinu Flamand – the translation of "Poetic Opera" by Fernando Pessoa, Humanitas Fiction Publishing House
  • Marta Petreu - "Home, on the Armageddon Field", Polirom Publishing House
  • John Es. Pop - "Sleeping Tools", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House
  • Eugen Simion - "Ion Creanga, The cruelties of a jovial moralist", Editura Princeps Edit
  • Octavian Soviany - "The Life of Kostas Venetis", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House
  • Mihai Zamfir - "Short History. Alternative Panorama of the Romanian Literature", Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House
2011 Prize Book: Marta Petreu - "Home, on the Armaghedon Field", Polirom Publishing House.

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