List of Romanian writers

Old literature

Neagoe Basarab

Dosoftei (1624-1693)

Miron Costin (1633–1691)

Grigore Ureche (1590–1647)

Ion Neculce (1672–1744)

Nicolae Milescu (1636–1708)

Antim Ivireanul (1650–1717)

Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723)

Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)

Romantic writers

Dinicu Golescu (1777-1830)

Anton Pann (1790s-1854)

Ion Heliade-Rădulescu (1802-1872)

Grigore Alexandrescu (1810-1885)

Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1868)

Ion Ghica (1817–1897)

Nicolae Filimon (1891–1895)

Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)

Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838–1907)

Petre Ispirescu (1830-1887)

Alexandru Odobescu (1834-1895

Alecu Russo (1819-1859)

Alexandru Macedonski (1854-1920)

Barbu Delavrancea (1858-1918)

The classics

Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)

Ion Creangă (1839–1889)

Ioan Slavici (1848–1925)

Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)

Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)

Transition literature

Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858-1922)

Alexandru Davila (1862-1929)

George Coşbuc (1866-1918)

Gala Galaction (1879–1961)

Constantin Stere (1865–1936)

Nicolae Iorga (1871-1940)

Female authors

Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)

Martha Bibescu (1886–1973)

Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947)

Analytical prose

Anton Holban (1902–1937)

Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)

Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)

Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)

Realist prose

Ion Marin Sadoveanu

Eugeniu Botez (1877–1933)

George Călinescu (1899–1965)

Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1943)

Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)

Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)

Mihail Sadoveanu (1889–1961)

Vasile Voiculescu (1884-1963)

George Călinescu (1899-1965)

Zaharia Stancu (1902-1974)

Poetic novels

Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)

Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)

Fantastic prose

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)

Max Blecher (1909–1938)

Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)

Gellu Naum (1915–2001)

Others

Urmuz (1883–1923)

Ion Grămadă (1886–1917)

Panait Istrati (1884–1935)

Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954)

Victor Eftimiu (1889-1972)

Tudor Mușatescu (1903-1970)

George Ciprian (1883-1968)

Geo Bogza (1908-1993)

Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994)

Emil Cioran (1911-1995)

Mainstream prose

Radu Tudoran (1910-1992)

Eugen Jebeleanu (1911-1991)

Emil Botta (1911-1977)

Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916-1992)

Gellu Naum (1915-2001)

Marin Preda (1922-1980)

Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922-2002)

Petru Dumitriu (1924-2002)

Constantin Chiriţǎ(1925-1991)

A. E. Baconsky (1925–1977)

Eugen Barbu (1924–1993)

Nicolae Breban (born 1934)

Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933–1977)

Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)

Marin Preda (1922–1980)

Dinu Săraru (born 1932)

Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)

Ioan Alexandru (1941-2000)

Titus Popovici (1930-1994)

Dumitru Solomon (1932-2003)

Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)

Prose

Geo Bogza (1908–1993)

Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)

Radu Tudoran (1917–1992)

Haralamb Zincă (born 1923)

Doru Davidovici (1945–1989)

Poetry

George Bacovia (1881-1957)

Ion Barbu (1895-1961)

Mihai Beniuc (1907-1998)

Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)

Leonid Dimov (1926-1987)

Carmen Firan (born 1958)

Octavian Goga (1881-1938)

Nicolae Labiș (1935-1956)

Ion Minulescu (1881-1944)

Ion Pillat (1891-1945)

Marin Sorescu (1936-1996)

Nichita Stănescu (1933-1983)

George Topîrceanu (1886-1937)

Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)

Romanian diaspora

Matei Călinescu (born 1934)

Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)

Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)

Paul Goma (born 1935)

Leonard Oprea (born 1953)

Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)

Herta Müller (born 1953)

Contemporary writers

Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005)

Octavian Paler (1927–2007)

Augustin Buzura (born 1938)

Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)

Gabriela Adameşteanu (born 1942)

Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955)

T. O. Bobe (born 1969)

Rodica Bretin (born 1958)

Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)

Ion Hobana (born 1931)

Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)

Leonard Oprea (born 1953)

Dora Pavel (born 1946)

Doina Ruşti (born 1957)

Gelu Vlaşin (born 1966)

Igor Ursenco (born 1971)

Dan Sociu (born 1978)

20th century

Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957)

Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)

Emil Cioran (1911–1995)

Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991)

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)

Nae Ionescu (1890–1940)

Constantin Noica (1909–1987)

Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989)

Petre Țuțea (1902–1991)

Mircea Vulcănescu (1904–1952)

Contemporary

Sorin Antohi (born 1957)

Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942)

Andrei Pleșu (born 1948)

Literary criticism

Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917)

Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1946)

George Călinescu (1889–1965)

Tudor Vianu (1897–1964)

Șerban Cioculescu (1902–1988)

Nicolae Manolescu (born 1939)

Virgil Nemoianu (born 1940)

Drama

Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)

Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)

Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)

Tudor Mușatescu (1930–1980)

Marin Sorescu (1936–1997)