Marius Chelaru (writer)

Marius Chelaru (born 1961) is a Romanian literary critic, poet and translator. He is member of the Empathic Movement (Empathism).

Biography

Marius Chelaru is a graduate of Costache Negruzzi High School and High School of Iasi. He attends the courses of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Al. I. Cuza, Iasi (graduated in 1990). He is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union, Iasi branch, member of the Junimea Club, Iasi, honorary member of the Maison Naaman pour la Culture Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon, collaborating member of the Writers' Association of Romanian Language from Québec. He has been guest at the general Consulate of Romania in Milano in occasion of literary events. At the same Consulate he presented some literary magazine in romanian language which he is editor: “Convorbiri literare”, “Poezia”, Carmina Balcanica”, “Kado. Calea Poeziei”. He translated literary works presented at University of Auckland. He partecipated at Festival Internațional de poezie, la UMF Iasi] organized with Universidad de Medicina si Farmacie de Iasi. In 2010 he partecipated at World Haiku Festival Pecs 2010. In 2012 he partecipated at a international poetry festivan in Azerbaijan and the year after the government of Azerbaijan declared him as persona not grata to have "illegally visiting the occupied territories". He is the author (with Taeko Uemura) of the volume Kaze no nijuso (Japanese Edition; Nihon Kokusai Shijin Kyokai 2014, ASIN B00QXF3HDS). He promoted poetry in several volumes and his poems have been translated in Franch language by Elisabeta Isanos and published in the volume Exercise de solitude ISBN 978-2919612284 He is also co-author of the anthology Du Congo au Danube - De la Dunare la Congo. Anthologie bilingue de poésie contemporaine du Congo-Brazzaville et de la Roumanie ISBN 978-2919612277 he is still the author of Die Ecke des Bettlers: Gedichte/Poezii (2018 - ISBN 978-1976962783) and of the volume Verlassens Dorf: Gedichtsammlung (2021 - ASIN B09NVN3K4H).

Since 2020 he adhered to Empathism.

Works

• Pelerinul, poezii, colecția Debut, JUNIMEA, 1996 – debut editorial
• Doua Kakemono inchipuite din țara unde infloreste spiritul limbii, poeme haiku și tanka, TIMPUL, 1996,
• Japonia, țara unde inflorește spiritul limbii, eseuri, TIMPUL, 1996
• Femei, poezii, JUNIMEA, 1997,
• Alt fel de sinucidere, poezii, JUNIMEA, 1998
• Chiriașul timpului, poezii, TIMPUL 1999
• Amanții iluziei, poezii, 1999
• La descalecatul prezentului, poezii, SAKURA, 2000
• Sayonara, haiku, ediție bilingva (romana-engleza), Iași, 2000
• Tai Ping, roman, UNIVERSITAS XXI, Iași, 2001
• Abraham și muntele nebun sau lumea lui AltFaust, Iași, 2001
• Jiha. Chipul lui Dumnezeu in oglinda razboiului sfant, eseu, Timpul, Iași, 2004
• Cartea intre Orient și Occident I, eseuri critice, Editura Timpul, Iași, 2004
• Cartea intre Orient și Occident II, eseuri critice, Editura Timpul, Iași, 2005
• Poezia Orientului de la Khayyam la Tagore, eseuri critice, Editura Fundației Culturale Poezia, Iași, 2005
• Poezia Orientului de la Khayyam la Tagore. Asia de Sud, Sud Est, eseuri critice, Editura Fundației Culturale Poezia, Iași, 2005
• When the present settles down, poezii – volum in limba engleza, Timpul, Iași, 2006
• Cartea intre Orient și Occident III, eseuri critice, Editura Timpul, Iași, 2006
• Cu sufletul pe buze, eseuri critice despre scriitori de limba albaneza, Timpul, Iași, 2006
• Istorie și poezie in cultura Araba, eseuri critice, Editura Fundației Culturale Poezia, Iași, 2006
• Poezia Orientului. Classic si modern, eseuri critice, Timpul, Iași, 2008
• Simfonia-a singurmiljei / Simfonijata na osamenosta, versuri, ediție bilingva: aromana – macedoneana, traducere: Vanghea Mihanj-Steryu, Dru tvo na pisateli i umetnici Vlasi od Makedonijam, Scopia, Republica Macedonia, 2oo8
• balade perditshmerie (balada cotidiana) – poezie, volum in limba albaneza, versiunea in limba albaneza: Baki Ymeri, redactor de carte Sali Bashota (Prishtina, Kosova) aparut la Editura Fundatiei Culturale Poezia (in colaborare cu Uniunea Culturala an Albanezilor din Romania), Iasi, 2009
• Die Ecke des Bettlers/Colțul cersetorului: Gedichte/Poezii (Rumanische Gegenwartslyrik), Trad. Christian W. Schenk, Dionysos Verlag, Boppard 2018, Germany

External links

• Marius Chelaru guest in Italy at the Consulate of Milan
• An International Literary Magazine edited by Marius Chelaru
• Poezia Magazine edited by Marius Chelaru