Marta Petreu


Marta Petreu is the pen name of Rodica Marta Vartic, née Rodica Crisan, a Romanian philosopher, literary critic, essayist and poet. A professor of philosophy at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, she has published eight books of essays and seven of poetry, and is the editor of the monthly magazine Apostrof. Petreu is also noted as a historian of fascism, which she notably dealt with in her book about the controversial stances of philosopher Emil Cioran.

Writings

Novels

Acasă, pe cîmpia Armaghedonului, 2011Supa de la miezul nopţii, 2017

Essayst and historian of philosophy

Teze neterminate, 1991Jocurile manierismului logic, 1995Ionescu în ţara tatălui, 2001Filosofia lui Caragiale, 2003Blaga, între legionari şi comunişti, 2021

Presence in English language anthologies

Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry - 400 de ani de poezie românească - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul & Eva Foster - Editura Minerva, 2019 -