Emil Brumaru (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil bruˈmaru]; 25 December 1938 – 5 January 2019) was a Romanian writer and poet.[1][2] He was renowned for his erotic poetry. [3]

Early life

Born in Bahmutea, Bessarabia, Brumaru studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Iași before turning to poetry in 1975.[4]

Brumaru died on 5 January 2019 in Iași at the age of 80.[4]

Works

• Versuri (Stanzas), Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1970
• Detectivul Arthur (Arthur the Detective), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1970
• Julien Ospitalierul (Julian the Hospitaller), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1974
• Cântece naive (Naive Songs), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1976
• Adio, Robinson Crusoe (Adieu, Robinson Crusoe), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1978
• Dulapul îndrăgostit (The Enamoured Cupboard), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1980
• Ruina unui samovar (The Ruins of a Samovar), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1983
• Dintr-o scorbură de morcov (From the Hollow of a Carrot), Editura Nemira, Bucharest 1998
• Poeme alese (Selected Poems), 2003
• Opera poetică (2 vol., 2003, 3 vol., 2006) (Poetic Works), 2 vols., Editura Cartier, Kishinev, 2003, 2nd edition, 3 vols., 2006.
• Fluturii din pandişpan (Pain d'Espagne Butterflies), Editura Cronica, Iași, 2003
• Poezii (carte la borcan) (Poems. Jarbook), Editura Humanitas, Bucharest, 2003
• Cerşetorul de cafea (The Coffee Scrounger), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2004
• Submarinul erotic (The Erotic Submarine), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 2005
• Infernala comedie (The Infernal Comedy), Editura Brumar, Timișoara, 2005
• Dumnezeu se uită la noi cu binoclul (God is Gazing at us through Binoculars), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2006
• O brumă de paiete şi confetti (A Frosting of Spangles and Confetti), co-author: Șerban Foarță, 2007
• Cântece de adolescent (An Adolescent's Songs), 2007
• Povestea boiernaşului de ţară şi a fecioarei... (The Story of the Rural Petty Boyar and the Maiden...), Editura Trei, Bucharest, 2008
• Ne logodim cu un inel din iarbă (We Betroth Ourselves with this Ring of Grass), 2008
• Opere I. Julien Ospitalierul (Works I. Julian the Hospitaller), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009
• Opere II. Submarinul erotic (Works II. Erotic Submarine), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009
• Rezervația de îngeri (The Angel Reservation), Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013

Presence in anthologies

• Testament – Anthology of Modern Romanian Verse, second edition (bilingual version English/Romanian) – author and translator Daniel Ioniță, with Eva Foster, Rochelle Bews, and Prof.Dr.Daniel Reynaud – Editura Minerva, January 2015. ISBN 978-973-21-1006-5
• 2019 -Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry/400 de ani de poezie românească - Minerva Publishing 2019 - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) assisted by Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster. ISBN 978-973-21-1070-6
• 2020 - Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ISBN 978-0-9953502-8-1 ; LCCN: 2020907831

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