Linda Maria Baros

Linda Maria Baros is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic. She has won the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize in 2004. She lives in Paris, France. She has been a member of the Académie Mallarmé since 2013. Her poems have been published in 25 countries.

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Biography

Member of the Mallarmé Academy, France since May 2013
General secretary of the most important poetry prize in France - Guillaume Apollinaire Prize since 2013
Editor-in-chief of the French-English literary review La traductière, Paris, France since June 2013
Associate editor of the scientific review "Cinematographic Art & Documentation", Hyperion University, Bucharest, since 2010
Member of the jury of the Prix Max-Pol Fouchet, France
Poetry editor of the literary review Seine et Danube, Paris
Assistant Secretary of the La Nouvelle Pléiade Association in Paris since 2009
Cultural Ambassador of Romania during the European Cultural Season, France, 2008
Assistant Secretary of the Romanian Literature Translators' Association in Paris since 2006
Initiator and co-organiser of the Festival Le Printemps des Poètes/Primavara Poetilor in Romania, in the Republic of Moldavia and in Australia
Founder and director of the literary review VERSUs/m – Bucharest 2005
Member of the Romanian Writers' Union since 2002
Assistant Professor, France since 2012
General secretary of the Collège de Littérature comparée - Paris, since 2011
PhD in Comparative Literature - Paris-Sorbonne University and University of Bucharest, 2011
Postgraduate student in Comparative Literature at the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV
Student at the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV – Modern Literature
Pupil at the Central School in Bucharest and at the Victor Duruy High school in Paris

Literary prizes

2001: Translation Prize Les Plumes de l'Axe, France
2001: The Poetry Prize of the Cultural Commission of the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV, France
2002: Translation Prize of the International Academy Mihai Eminescu, Romania
2004: Prix de la Vocation for Le Livre de signes et d'ombres, Cheyne éditeur, France
2007: Prix Guillaume Apollinaire for La Maison en lames de rasoir, Cheyne éditeur, France
2008: Ion Minulescu National Poetry Prize, Romania
2013: Top poetry prize Nichita Stănescu - Writers' Union of Moldavia

Literary works

She made her debut in 1988 with a poem published in a literary review from Bucharest.

Poetry

L'Autoroute A4 et autres poèmes, Cheyne éditeur, France, 2009,
La Maison en lames de rasoir, Cheyne éditeur, France, 2006,, republished in 2008
Le Livre de signes et d'ombres, Cheyne éditeur, France, 2004.
Poemul cu cap de mistret, Vinea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003
Amurgu-i departe, smulge-i rubanul!, Bucharest, 2001.

Poems in translation

De autosnelweg A4 en andere gedichten, translated by Jan H. Mysjkin, Poeziecentrum, Belgium, 2014 Bārdasnažu asmeņu nams, translated by Dagnija Dreika, Daugava, Riga, Latvia, 2011 Къща от бръснарски ножчета, translated by Aksinia Mihailova, Foundation for the Bulgarian Literature Publishing House, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2010 Casa din lame de ras, Editura Cartea Româneasca, Bucharest, Roumanie, 2006 Il est loin le soleil couchant, arrache-lui le ruban !, AMB, Bucharest, 2003
Baros' poems were published in over 25 countries, in anthologies and literary reviews, as, for example, Pleiades or Poetry Review, Horizon Review.
Her poems have also been published in Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Mexico, Serbia, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Ukraine, Republic of Moldavia, Latvia, Morocco, Bangladesh, Iran, Japan and Finland.
In 2011, the "Arthur Rimbaud" Museum in France commissioned Canadian sculptor Michel Goulet to engrave some of Linda Maria Baros' lines of poetry on an objet d'art made of stainless steel.
Baros took part in over 500 poetry readings and in over 50 poetry festivals.

Drama

Marile spirite nu se ocupă niciodată de nimicuri, The Romanian Literature Museum Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003A venit la mine un centaur..., META, Bucharest, 2003. This play was also published in French – Un centaure est venu chez moi..., Bucharest, 2002.

Literary studies

Passer en carène, The Romanian Literature Museum Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005Les Recrues de la damnation, The Romanian Literature Museum Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005

Translations

Baros has translated over 30 books:

Romanian to French poetry: Nichita Stănescu, Angela Marinescu, Marta Petreu, Ioan Es. Pop, Mircea Bârsila, Floarea Țuțuianu, Magda Cârneci, Simona Popescu
French/English/Spanish/Dutch to Romanian: Henri Michaux, Boris Vian, Guy Goffette, Colette Nys-Mazure, José Luis Reina Palazón, Maria Antonia Ortega, Jan H. Mysjkin, Alphonse Daudet, Johanna Spyri, James Oliver Curwood
In 2008, she created La Bibliothèque Zoom, a virtual library that includes 140 authors.

Anthologies

Ordinul focului, Collette Nys-Mazure, AMB, Romania, 2005
Les non-mots et autres poèmes, Nichita Stănescu, Éditions Textuel, France, 2005
Anthologie de la poésie roumaine contemporaine in Confluences poétiques, no. 3, France, 2009
Sans issue / Fără iesire, Ioan Es. Pop, Éditions L’Oreille du Loup, France, 2010
Je mange mes vers / Îmi mănânc versurile, Angela Marinescu, Éditions L’Oreille du Loup, France, 2011
Je guéris avec ma langue, Floarea Țuțuianu, Editions Caractères, France, 2013.
L’Apocalypse selon Marta, Marta Petreu, Editions Caractères, France, 2013
Anthologie de la poésie roumaine contemporaine. 1990-2013.

Reviews

She has collaborated with the following poetry, literary criticism and translation reviews:
The Poetry Review, Horizon Review, Pleiades, International Notebook of Poetry, Language & créativité, Contre-jour, Po&sie, Aujourd'hui poème, NUNC, Poésie 2003, Europe, Seine et Danube, La Revue littéraire, Pyro, Confluences poétiques, Ici & Là, MIR, La traductière, Hauteurs, Littérales, , Thauma, L’Écho d’Orphée, Le Bateau Fantôme, La page blanche, Levure Littéraire, Observator München, Galateea, Bunker Hill, Alora, la bien cercada, El Coloquio de los Perros, ABC, Poëziekrant, Deus ex machina, Le Journal des Poètes, Langue vive, Revolver, Scritture Migranti, Formafluens, La Revue de Belles Lettres, Le Quotidien, Tageblatt, Le Jeudi, Poetika, Zlatna greda, Književni list, Gradina, Lirikon 21, 'România literară', Viața Românească, Luceafărul, Adevărul literar si artitic, Ziua literară, Arges, Calende, Tribuna, Familia, Apostrof, Astra, Noua literatură, Conta, Arca, Électron libre, Shirdanra, ''Beagle''

Schoolbooks

The poem The Mine Horses was included into Limba si literatura română. Manual de clasa a XII-a, Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2007, Bucharest, Romania.

Anthologies

Baros' poems were published in over 40 anthologies, as:Liberté de créer, liberté de crier, Editions Henry, Paris, France, 2014

Cartea poeziei 2013, Editura Lumina, Republic of Moldavia, 2013L’alveare d’oro dell’invisibile, Contact international, Romania, 2013VERSschmuggel/réVERSible, CD, Wunderhorn & La passe du vent, Germany/France, 2012Resistenze bruciate. Da Angela Marinescu a Linda Maria Baros, anthology, Edizioni Akkuaria, Italy, 2012 - 11 poetsAlchimie des ailleurs, album, Musée Arthur Rimbaud & Silvana Editoriale, France/Italy, 2012Pas d’ici, pas d’ailleurs, anthology, Éditions Voix d’encre, France, 2012
Poeti romena al bivio : continuita e rottura, anthology, Scrisul românesc, Romania, 2012 - 25 poetsZeitkunst. Internationale Literatur, anthology, Verlagshaus J. Frank & Edition Polyphon, Germany, 2011Les Très riches heures du Livre pauvre, album, Éditions Gallimard, France, 2011Anthologie de la poésie érotique féminine contemporaine de langue française, France, 2011The International Days and Nights of Literature, Uniunea Scriitorilor din România, 2011
"Europski glasnik", Hrvatsko drustvo pisaca, Zagreb, Croatia, 2010Runoilevien naisten kaupunki, Tammi, Helsinki, Finland, 2010Cheyne, 30 ans, 30 voix, Cheyne, France, 2010Poezia antiutopica, edited by Daniel D. Marin, Paralela 45, Romania, 2010Couleurs femmes, Le Castor Astral & Le Nouvel Athanor, France, 2010Anthologie de la poésie amoureuse, edited by Marc Alyn, Écriture, France, 2010
"Entre estas aguas : poetas del mundo latino 2009", Monterrey, Mexico, 2010Kijk, het heeft gewaaid, Poetry International, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas, 2009Ailleurs 2008. Une année en poésie, Musée Arthur Rimbaud, Charleville-Mézières, France, 2009Poésies de langue française. 144 poètes d'aujourd'hui autour du monde, Éditions Seghers, France, 2008Poëzie van dichters uit de hele wereld. Poetry International 2008 – Anthology of the Poetry International Festival from Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2008Dicisiete poetas franceses. Antología de poesía francesa contemporánea, edited by Lionel Ray, Lancelot, Spain, 2008Voix de la Méditerranée 2008, Éditions Clapas, France, 2008Literatura tânără 2007, The Romanian Writers' Union, Romania, 2007VERSUs/m – Zoom 2007, Exigent Publishing House, Romania, 2007L'année poétique 2005, by Patrice Delbourg and Jean Luc Maxence, Éditions Seghers, France, 2006

Translation scholarships

"VERSschmuggel", Berlin, 2011
Vertalershuis, Amsterdam, 2007
Centre de Recontres Abbaye Neumünster, 2006
The 3rd Poetry Translation Workshop The Golden Boat, 2005
Collège Européen des traducteurs littéraires de Seneffe, 2003

International festivals

Cork Spring Poetry Festival, Cork, Ireland, 2014Acadie Rock, Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada, 2013Festival acadien de poésie, Caraquet, New-Brunswick, Canada, 2013Voix de la Méditerranée, Lodève, France, 2013Biennale de la poésie / Poètes du monde, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, 2013

Primavara europeana a poeziei, Chisinau & Soroca, Republic of Moldavia, 2013Le Festival franco-anglais de poésie, France, 2013Printemps des Poètes, France, 2013Littératures Etrangères Festival, Audincourt, France, 2012Novi Sad International Festival, Serbia, 2012Voix de la Méditerranée, Lodève, France, 2012Zeitkunst Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2011
International Festival Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo Latino, Mexico, 2011Poesiefestival, Berlin, Germany, 2011Voix de la Méditerranée, Lodève, France, 2011The International Days and Nights of Literature, Neptun, Romania, 2011Le Festival MidiMinuitPoésie, Nantes, France, 2010La Biennale Internationale de Poésie, Liège, Belgium, 2010Voix de la Méditerranée, Lodève, France, 2010Le Festival International de Poésie Wallonie-Bruxelles, Namur, Belgium, 2010Le Festival franco-anglais de poésie, France, 2010Printemps des Poètes, France, 2010À vous de lire, France, 2010DécOUVRIR, Concèze, France, 2010
Biennale de la poésie, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, 2009
Paris en toutes lettres, France, 2009
Le Festival International de la Poésie, Trois-Rivières, Canada, 2008Poetry International, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas, 2008European Voices, France, 2008Voix de la Méditerranée, Lodève, France, 2008Primavera dei Poeti, Italy, 2008Le Printemps Balkanique. Insolite Roumanie, France, 2008Le Mar de Letras, Cartagena, Spain, 2008World Poetry Day, Belgrade, Serbia, 2008Printemps de Poètes, Luxembourg, 2008Le Festival Dacia – Méditerranée, France, 2007Lectures sous l'Arbre, France, 2007, 2009Printemps de Poètes, France, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013Festival International de Poésie Teranova, France, 2006Odyssey International Festival, Amman, Jordan, 2005La Biennale Internationale de Poésie, Liège, Belgium, 2005Le Festival International de Poésie, Rabat, Morocco, 2004Festivalul Internațional de Literatură, Neptun, Romania, 2001