Name Victor Felea Role Poet | Died March 28, 1993 | |
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Victor Felea ([ˈviktor ˈfele̯a]; 24 May 1923 – 28 March 1993) was a poet, essayist, and literary critic from Cluj (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a longtime collaborator with the magazine Tribuna.
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Born in the commune Muntele Băişorii (Cluj County), he was the son of Greek Catholic priest Toader Felea and his wife Marie. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Cluj (1948; now part of Babeş-Bolyai University), and took the posts of literary reviewer' at the National Theatre Cluj (1949–1950), editor at Almanahul literar and later at Steaua (1949–1970); he was adjunct editor-in-chief of the magazine Tribuna (1970–1985). From 1949 he was a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
His first published book was the volume of verse Murmurul Străzii ("The Murmur of the Streets", 1955). He published in the majority of Romania's literary magazines (Contemporanul, Gazeta literară, Cronica, Orizont, România literară, etc.) and was awarded the Steaua Literary Magazine Award (1968), the Writers' Union Award (1971, 1983), and the Association of Writers of Cluj-Napoca Award (1975, 1979). His work as a poetry critic is distinguished by the extreme generosity of his reviews and criticism.
Selected works
Among his many volumes of verse were:
Additional works appeared posthumously:
His work as a poetry critic is collected in the volumes
He also published translations of Robert Frost, Marcel Brion, Roy MacGregor-Hastie, and others.