Ileana Mălăncioiu

Ileana Mălăncioiu (born January 23, 1940) is a contemporary Romanian poet, essayist, journalist, dissident, and activist. She has been a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy since 2013.

Early life and education Mălăncioiu was born in 1940 in the village of Godeni, in the commune of the same name. Of her birth, she later said, "I was the second daughter born to my parents, and I was not received with much joy. They had expected a boy." she originally trained as an accountant,

In 1980, she became the editor of the magazine Viața Românească, where she published such authors as Constantin Noica and Gabriel Liiceanu, among other members of the . She is well known for her post-1989 political commentary, forceful in her criticism of both Romanian's former leaders and those who succeeded them. In 2013, she was named as a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.

Selected works

Poetry Pasărea tăiată (The Slaughtered Fowl), Editura Tineretului, 1967 Către Ieronim (Unto Hieronymus), Editura Albatros, 1970 Inima reginei (The Queen's Heart), Editura Eminescu, 1971 Poezii (Poems), Editura Cartea Românească, 1973 Crini pentru domnișoara mireasă (Lilies for Her Ladyship the Bride), Editura Cartea Românească, 1973 (Romanian Academy Prize) Ardere de tot (Burnt Offering), Editura Cartea Românească, 1976 Peste zona interzisă (Across the Forbidden Zone), Editura Cartea Românească, 1979 (Writers' Union of Romania Prize) Cele mai frumoase poezii (The Most Beautiful Poems), Editura Albatros, 1980 Sora mea de dincolo (My Sister Beyond), Editura Cartea Românească, 1980 Linia vieții (The Line of Life), Editura Cartea Românească, 1982 (Bucharest Writers Association Prize) Peste zona interzisă / A travers la zone interdite, Editura Eminescu, 1984 (French-Romanian bilingual anthology with a preface by ) Urcarea muntelui (The Climbing of the Mountain), Editura Albatros, 1985 (Writers' Union of Romania Prize) Peste zona interzisă / Across the Forbidden Zone, Editura Eminescu, 1985 (Bilingual anthology with English translation by Dan Duțescu and with a preface by ) Urcarea muntelui, Editura Litera, 1992 (2nd edition, uncensored and expanded) Ardere de tot (anthology), Editura Eminescu ("Poeți români contemporani" series), 1992 (published and unpublished works) Skärseldsberget, Hypatia, Stockholm, 1995 (Swedish translation) Poezii, Editura Vitruviu, București, 1996 (published and unpublished works) Linia vieții (anthology), Editura Polirom, 1999 (complete works and unpublished poems, with a preface by Nicolae Manolescu) After the Raising of Lazarus (După învierea lui Lazăr), Southord Editions, 2005 (English translation) Legend of the Walled-up Wife (Legenda femeii zidite), The Gallery Press and Wake Forest University Press, 2012 (English translation) Peste zona interzisă. Editura Cartier, 2020 (selected poems collected by Simona Sora)

Essays and journalistic writing Vina tragică, Tragicii Greci, Shakespeare, Dostoievski, Kafka, Editura Cartea Românească, 1978 Călătorie spre mine însămi, Editura Cartea Românească, 1987 Crimă și moralitate (political essays), Editura Litera, 1993 Cronica melancoliei, Editura Enciclopedică, 1998 (Cluj Book Festival Prize) A vorbi într-un pustiu, Editura Polirom, 2002 Recursul la memorie. Convorbiri cu Daniel Cristea-Enache, Editura Polirom, 2003 Crimă și moralitate. Eseuri și publicistică, Editura Polirom, 2006 Am reușit să rămîn eu însămi, Editura Polirom, 2016