Nora Iuga | |
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Born | Bucharest, Romania | January 4, 1931
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Romanian |
Notable awards | Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis |
Nora Iuga (born 4 January 1931) is a Romanian poet, writer and translator.
Iuga was born in Bucharest, Romania on 4 January 1931. [1] As well as being a writer, Iuga has also worked as a journalist, foreign language assistant, and editor. [2]
Her first collection of poems was published in 1968 and was called Vina nu e a mea (It Is Not My Fault). [2] She was censored between 1971 and 1978 by the communist government in Romania [3] after the publication of her second collection off poems, Captivitatea cercului (Trapped in a Circle). [2]
The first English translation of her work, a collection of poems called The Hunchbacks’ Bus, was published in 2016. [4] Several of her works have also been translated into German. [5] English translations of her work were included in the anthology Something is still present and isn't, of what's gone. [6]
She was awarded with a grant from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2003 and won the Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis in 2007. [2]