Nicolae Boangiu (literary pseudonym Nicolae Coande)

Born on September 23, 1962, Osica de Sus, Olt. He has a master's degree in philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy-Sociology Craiova, with a paper on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. He has been working since 2006 at the "Marin Sorescu" National Theater (in turn literary referent, literary secretary, artistic consultant). Member of the Romanian Writers' Union (1996), member of PEN Club Romania (2016).

Founding editor of TNC magazine, "SpectActor" (2006-present).

He is the director and moderator of the "SpectActor Meetings", a cultural event hosted by the National Craiove since 2010, "Poetry Sundays in the theater", "Writers at Tradem" (2010-2015). He is the organizer of the "Ion D. Sîrbu Colloquiums" (five editions), coordinator of the Craiova Shakespeare Festival program books (2006-present). Initiator and coordinator of the "Gathering of Poets" (2016-present), respectively the "Craioveni Playwrights Club" (2017-present). He initiated at the National Theatre, the "SpectActor Magazine Library" (2020). He is the coordinator of the Festival of Literature and Dramaturgy "Patrel Berceanu" (2019-present). Before 1989, he read poetry at the Cenaclul "Ramuri", Craiova, led by Marin Sorescu. Important literary critics have commented on his poetry and books: Marin Mincu, Mircea Martin, Alex. Cistelecan, Gheorghe Grigurcu, Ștefan Borbely, Ștefania Mincu, Constantin Cublesan, Adrian Dinu Rachieru, Daniel Cristea-Enache, Mircea A. Diaconu, Ștefan Ioan Ghilimescu, Cristian Livescu et al.

He made his debut with the poem plaque "In margine" (Ed. Ramuri, 1995), awarded by the Romanian Writers' Union. For the same book, he previously received the "Nichita Stănescu" Festival Award, Turnu Severin (jury president, Cezar Ivănescu).

He published volumes of poetry "Fincler", (Ed. Ramuri, 1997), "funtura homer" (Ed. Dacia, 2002), "Folfa" (Ed. Vinea, 2003), "Wind, tobacco and alcohol" (Ed. Brumar, 2008), "The woman I'm writing about" (Ed. Măiastra, 2010), "VorbaIago", an anthology of poems (Ed. Măiastra, 2012), "They didn't let me rule the world " (Max Blecher Publishing House, 2015), "Plagiarist. 1962" (Ed. Măiastra, 2017), "The memory of a dead man is my memory" (Max Blecher Publishing House, 2019), "Nu sunt eu bestia" (Max Blecher Publishing House, 2022), "33 songs for Didgeridoo " (Ed. Tracus Arte, 2023).

Publicity, essays, literary criticism: "The window from the roof. A season in Westphalia" (Ed. Foundation Scrisul Românesc, 2005); "The Other End" - interviews (Ed. Curtea Veche, 2006), "The Revenge of Faces" (Ed. Măiastra, 2009), "Romanian Intellectuals and the King's Court" (Ed. Tracus Arte, 2011), "God, poet and protector of the world "(Ed. TracusArte, 2016), "Mansarda Europa" (Ed. Paralela 45, 2019), "The mirror of time - a contemporary history of T.N.C. in interviews - coordinator" (Ed. MJM Autograf, 2020), Caietele Colocviilor Ion D. Sîrbu (coordinator, 3 editions), "Manualul vănatorului de poeti" (Ed. Hoffman, 2021).

Prizes: The poetry prize of "Ramuri" magazine (1988, 2006), the Writers' Union Prize for debut (1995), the Writers' Union Prize for poetry (2003), the "Petre Pandrea" Prize of Mozaicul magazine ( 2004), "Hyperion" magazine poetry prize (2013), "Argeș" magazine prize (2013), "Radu Enescu" prize of "Familia" magazine (2017). In 2019, he received the "Mihai Eminescu" Award of the Romanian Academy for the year 2017 for the poetry plaque "Plagiarist. 1962".

External literary residencies: "Heinrich Böll" Foundation (Cologne), November 2003-February 2004; "Künstlerdorf Schöppingen" Foundation, July-August 2008; Quartier 21 Foundation, Vienna, December 2014-January 2015, Château de Lavigny Foundation, Switzerland 2017, Valparaiso Foundation, Mojacar, Spain, 2022. In November 2012 he was invited by the Goethe Institut Berlin at the meeting of theater experts from South-Eastern Europe, on the topic of documentary theatre. Participation in international poetry festivals in Romania (Bucharest, Iasi, Brașov), Austria (Höeflein an der Donau), poetry readings in Spain (Alcala de Henares).

It is present in lyrical anthologies from home and abroad: "Gefährliche Serpentinen – Rumänische Lyrik der Gegenwart", Druckhaus Verlag, Berlin 1998, coordinated by Dieter Schlesak; "Jahreszeiten, Tagesanbrüche. Literatur und Kunst im Heinrich-Böll-Haus Langenbroich", Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 2006; "The 100 most beautiful poems of Romanians about themselves and their country", anthology compiled by Petru Romoşan, Compania Publishing House, 2001, "A critical panorama of Romanian poetry from the 20th century", Marin Mincu, Ed. Pontica, 2007; "The most beautiful poems of 2010", Tracus Arte Publishing House, 2011, selection by Claudiu Komartin and Radu Vancu, "Of Gentle Wolwes", Calypso Edition, New York, 2011, selection and translation by Martin Woodside, "The Vanishing Point that Whistles "Talisman Press", USA, 2011, selection and translation by Adam Sorkin, Doru Paul Mugur and Claudia Serea; "Moods and women and men and once again moods"(Ed. Tracus Arte&Calypso Edition, 2015), "Now we are the ancients" - anthology of the '90s generation, selection by Răzvan Țupa and Adrian Ciobanu (Ed. Cartier, 2020), "Poslední pionieri východu” (The last pioneers of the east), Claudiu selection Komartin, translated into Slovak by Eva Kenderessy (Ed. Vlna, Bratislava, 2021).

Poems translated into anthologies and magazines from Germany, USA, Belgium, Serbia, Turkey, Albania, Slovakia, Slovenia.