Cosmin Perța

Cosmin Perța was born in Maramures, Romania, in 1982. He is a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He graduated from the Faculty of Literature at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj. Perța went on to earn an MA in Contemporary Literature at Bucharest University, followed by a PhD with a thesis about fantastic literature. His works have been translated into eighteen languages, and in 2012, he was selected as the Best Young Romanian Prose Writer. In the Romanian and foreign press, there are more than five hundred reviews and references to Perța’s work. In the last ten years, he has been awarded some of the most prestigious Romanian literary prizes. His novels have been translated into Serbian, Croatian and Arabic and he has poetry anthologies translated to French and Spanish. Perța is currently working as a freelance editor and professor of comparative literature at Hyperion University in Bucharest.