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The Future of New Writing: Marius Chivu

From Freeman's, Issue Number Four

September 19, 2017

Marius Chivu’s first published book was a poetry collection, Vîntureasa de plastic (The Plastic Windess), which won several awards and was translated into French. He is also the author of the short story collection Sfîrsit de sezon (End of Season) as well as two travel journals Treisaptamâni în Himalaya (Three Weeks in the Himalayas) and Treisa pta mâni în Anzi (Three Weeks in the Andes). He has edited various anthologies, including Best of proza scurta a anilor 2000 (Best of Short Stories of the 2000s) and 111 cele mai frumoase poezii de dragoste din literatura româna (The Most Beautiful 111 Romanian Love Poems, with Radu Vancu). He is a literary critic at Dilema Veche and has his own radio show, All You Can Read, on Radio Seven. He lives in Bucharest, Romania.

Photo by Mihai Bumbu.

Freeman's

Freeman’s is a new biannual of unpublished writing by former Granta editor and NBCC president John Freeman, which brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry around a single theme.