Marta Petreu

Marta Petreu is the pen name of Rodica Marta Vartic, née Rodica Crisan (born 14 March 1955), a Romanian philosopher, literary critic, essayist and poet. A professor of Philosophy at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, she has published eight books of essays and seven of poetry, and is the editor of the monthly magazine Apostrof. Petreu is also noted as a historian of fascism, which she notably dealt with in her book about the controversial stances of philosopher Emil Cioran (An Infamous Past: E. M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania, 1999).

Marta Petreu
Marta Petreu in February 2011
Born	Rodica Crişan 14 March 1955 Jucu, Romania
Occupation	Philosopher, literary critic, essayist, poet

Presence in English language anthologies

• Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry - 400 de ani de poezie românească - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul & Eva Foster - Editura Minerva, 2019 - ISBN 978-973-21-1070-6
• Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present - bilingual edition English/Romanian- Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ISBN 978-0-9953502-8-1 ; LCCN - 202090783

External links

• (in Romanian) Marta Petreu at the Babeş-Bolyai University
• http://www.blouseroumaine.com/biographies/marta-petreu.html
• http://www.agonia.net/index.php/author/0005366/Marta%20Petreu#bio