Emil Brumaru

Emil Brumaru (; 25 December 1938 – 5 January 2019) was a Romanian writer and poet. He was renowned for his erotic poetry.

Biography Born in Bahmutea, Bessarabia, Brumaru studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Iași before turning to poetry in 1975.

Brumaru died on 5 January 2019 in Iași at the age of 80.

Works

Versuri (Stanzas), Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1970 Detectivul Arthur (Arthur the Detective), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1970 Julien Ospitalierul (Julian the Hospitaller), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1974 Cântece naive (Naive Songs), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1976 Adio, Robinson Crusoe (Adieu, Robinson Crusoe), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1978 Dulapul îndrăgostit (The Enamoured Cupboard), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1980 Ruina unui samovar (The Ruins of a Samovar), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1983 Dintr-o scorbură de morcov (From the Hollow of a Carrot), Editura Nemira, Bucharest 1998 Poeme alese (Selected Poems), 2003 Opera poetică (2 vol., 2003, 3 vol., 2006) (Poetic Works), 2 vols., Editura Cartier, Kishinev, 2003, 2nd edition, 3 vols., 2006. Fluturii din pandişpan (Pain d'Espagne Butterflies), Editura Cronica, Iași, 2003 Poezii (carte la borcan) (Poems. Jarbook), Editura Humanitas, Bucharest, 2003 Cerşetorul de cafea (The Coffee Scrounger), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2004 Submarinul erotic (The Erotic Submarine), Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 2005 Infernala comedie (The Infernal Comedy), Editura Brumar, Timișoara, 2005 Dumnezeu se uită la noi cu binoclul (God is Gazing at us through Binoculars), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2006 O brumă de paiete şi confetti (A Frosting of Spangles and Confetti), co-author: Șerban Foarță, 2007 Cântece de adolescent (An Adolescent's Songs), 2007 Povestea boiernaşului de ţară şi a fecioarei... (The Story of the Rural Petty Boyar and the Maiden...), Editura Trei, Bucharest, 2008 Ne logodim cu un inel din iarbă (We Betroth Ourselves with this Ring of Grass), 2008 Opere I. Julien Ospitalierul (Works I. Julian the Hospitaller), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009 Opere II. Submarinul erotic (Works II. Erotic Submarine), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009 Rezervația de îngeri (The Angel Reservation), Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013

Presence in anthologies Testament – Anthology of Modern Romanian Verse, second edition (bilingual version English/Romanian) – author and translator Daniel Ioniță, with Eva Foster, Rochelle Bews, and Prof.Dr.Daniel Reynaud – Editura Minerva, January 2015. 2019 -Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry/400 de ani de poezie românească - Minerva Publishing 2019 - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) assisted by Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster. 2020 - Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ;