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He is a Romanian writer, scriptwriter and theatre director. He is also the general manager of National Museum of Romanian Literature Iași, and the manager of International Festival of Literature and Translation (FILIT – the most important literary festival in Romania). Between 2005 and 2008 (7 seasons) he was a scriptwriter for the “Animat Planet Show”, broadcast by the Antena 1 television channel in Romania, and has written screenplays for the feature-length film adaptations of “Our Circus Presents:”, “I’m a Communist Biddy” and “Lindefeld”, and the short films “A Good Day”, “Goose Chase” and many others. Published volumes: Cu puţin timp înaintea coborîrii extratereştrilor printre noi (Shortly before the Extraterrestrials Descended Among us), novel, OuTopos Publishing House, 1999 (2nd revised and expanded edition, Polirom Publishing House, 2005); Lumea văzută printr-o gaură de mărimea unei ţigări marijuana (The World Seen through a Hole the Width of a Spliff), short stories, Constantin Brâncuşi Foundation Press, 2000; Circul nostru vă prezintă (Our Circus Presents), novel, Polirom, 2002 (2nd revised edition, Polirom, 2007); Atunci i-am ars două palme (Then I Clouted Him Twice), short stories, Polirom, 2004; Celelalte poveşti de dragoste (The Other Love Stories), novel, Polirom, 2009, Matei Brunul (Matei the Brown), novel, Polirom, 2011, Cel care cheamă câinii (The One Who Calls the Dogs), novel, 2016. His books are translated and published in more than 10 countries around the world (USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey, Republic of Macedonia etc.). He was awarder with several national and international prizes for literature, and his novel Matei Brunul was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Prize (2020), longlisted for the Jan Michalski Prize (Switzerland), and shortlisted for the Angelus Award (Poland). 

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