Carmen Firan

Carmen Firan (born 29 November 1958, Craiova) is a Romanian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, and playwright, resident in New York City.

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• Short stories and novels
• Poetry
• Plays
• References

She has published fifteen books of poetry, novels, essays and short stories. Her writings appear in translation in many literary magazines and in various anthologies in France, Israel, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Canada, U K, and the U.S. Her recent books and publications in the United States of America include: Rock and Dew (Sheep Meadow Press), Words and Flesh (Talisman Publishers), The Second Life (Columbia University Press), The Farce (Spuyten Duyvil Press), In The Most Beautiful Life (Umbrage Editions), and The First Moment After Death (Writers Club Press).

She is a member of PEN American Center and the Poetry Society of America and serves on the editorial boards of the international magazines, Lettre Internationale (Paris-Bucharest) and Interpoezia (New York). She is the co-editor of Naming the Nameless (An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry), Stranger at Home, Poetry with an Accent, and Born in Utopia (An Anthology of Romanian Modern and Contemporary Poetry).

Short stories and novels

"Inferno" (2011), in English

"Detectorul de emotii" (2011), in Romanian

Miracole mici si mijlocii (2009), in Romanian

Words and Flesh (2008), in English

Puterea cuvintelor (2008), in Romanian

The Second Life: Collection of Novellas and Short-Stories (2005), previous stories translated into English: Somewhere in the East, Light in the Attic, The Second Life, Three for Inferno, The Boiler Man, Post-Meridian, Parking, Concession, and The Russian Fur Hat

Caloriferistul si Nevasta Hermeneutului ("The Boiler Man and the Master's Wife") (2005)

Farsa (2002), translated into English as The Farce

Tot Mai Aproape ("Getting Closer") (1991), in Romanian

Poetry

Rock and Dew (2010) in English

Cuvinte Locuite ("Inhabited Words") (2006), in Romanian

Cuceriri Disperate ("Desperate Conquests") (2005), bilingual, Romanian with English translation

Voci pe Muchie de Cutit ("Voices on a Razor's Edge") (2003), bilingual, Romanian with English translation

Afternoon With an Angel (2000), in English

The First Moment After Death (2000), in English

Accomplished Error (1999), in English

Punished Candors, (1998)

Places for Living Lonely,(1997)

Pure Black,(1995)

Staircase under the Sea,(1994)

Tamer of Stolen Lives,(1984)

Paradise for Monday,(1983)

Illusions on My Own,(1981)

Plays

Lumina din Pod ("Light in the Attic") (2002)

Vis in Acvariu ("Dreaming into an Aquarium") (1985)

Vinatoare Imaginara ("Imaginary Hunting") (1983)

Polen pe Insula ("Pollen on the Island") (1982)