Nora Iuga (born 4 January 1931) is a Romanian poet, writer and translator.

Nora Iuga
Born	(1931-01-04) January 4, 1931 (age 91) Bucharest, Romania
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Romanian
Notable awards	Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis

Iuga was born in Bucharest, Romania on 4 January 1931.[1] As well as being a writer, Iuga has also worked as a journalist, foreign language assistant, and editor.[2]

Her first collection of poems was published in 1968 and was called Vina nu e a mea (It Is Not My Fault).[2] She was censored between 1971 and 1978 by the communist government in Romania[3] after the publication of her second collection off poems, Captivitatea cercului (Trapped in a Circle).[2]

The first English translation of her work, a collection of poems called The Hunchbacks’ Bus, was published in 2016.[4] Several of her works have also been translated into German.[5] English translations of her work were included in the anthology Something is still present and isn't, of what's gone.[6]

She was awarded with a grant from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2003 and won the Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis in 2007.[2]

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