The Phantom Church and Other Stories from Romania, edited by Georgiana Farnoaga (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997). “The escape into the realm of fantasy revived an old literary genre, the fantastic tale, favored by a Romanian literature rooted in the magic and myth of folklore. In the superreality it created, political satire, protest, and
Romanian Fantastic Tales, ed. uncredited, translated by Ana Cartianu (Minerva Publishing House, 1981). “Archaeus” by Mihai Eminescu “Ioan Vestimie” by Mihai Eminescu “Minjoala’s Inn” by Ion Luca Caragiale “Hen Coops” by Alexandru Macedonski “Califar’s Mill” by Gala Galaction “Spell-bound” by Vasile Voiculescu “Amin, the Fisherman” by Vasile Voiculescu “The Salmon-trout” by Vasile Voiculescu “The Recluse”
selected and introduced by Cornel Robu Sedona Publishing House (Timişoara, Romania) 1995 more information about the anthology here Stories included (in order of original Romanian publication): “Igor’s Mannequin” (1938) by Victor Papilian, tr by Virgil Stanciu “Tristan’s Last Avatar”/ “The Last Avatar of Tristan the Old” (1966) by Vladimir Colin, tr by Mihaela
Romanian SF anthology: Nemira ’94: Short Stories, eds. Romulus Bărbulescu, George Anania, N. Lee Wood, and Norman Spinrad; translated by Cezar Ionescu, Gabriel Stoian and Pia Luttmann (Editură Nemira, 1994). “If it is true that we live together through the crisis that precedes our transition to a new form of existence; if it is
OVERVIEW Anglophone readers might think that Romanian speculative fiction in English is rare, but they’re wrong. In fact, if you start looking for it, you’ll find it everywhere. Granted a number of the books, collections, and anthologies are either out of print or difficult to get in some Anglophone countries, but the more that we
STEFAN GRABÍNSKI (1887-1936) “a Polish writer of horror fiction who considered himself an expert on demonology and magic. Some critics have called him the ‘Polish Poe’ or the ‘Polish Lovecraft,’ and suggested he believed in the supernatural forces in his stories.” – from Weird Fiction Review Biography on Culture.pl ESSAYS ON GRABINSKI’S WORKS
BRUNO SCHULZ (1892-1942) “Writer painter, illustrator and graphic artist known for short story collections that bring back the magical reality of Poland’s pre-war shtetls…Schulz’s output as a writer was relatively modest in terms of quantity, but exceptionally rich in quality and subject matter. It consists of two volumes of short stories – The Street of
JACEK DUKAJ The Old Axolotl: Hardware Dreams, translated by Stanley Bill (Allegro, 2015). “The Old Axolotl is an exhilarating post-apocalyptic tale about a world in which a cosmic catastrophe has sterilized the Earth of all living things. Only a small number of humans have managed to copy digitalized versions of their minds onto hardware in
ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI (b. 1948) “An economist by education, Sapkowski worked in foreign trade from 1972-94. He is a five-time winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, the most important honour for fantasy writers in Poland. He received Polityka magazine’s Literature Passport in 1997. What’s more, Sapkowski’s popularity is not limited to Poland; his novels have
OLGA TOKARCZUK (b. 1962) “Tokarczuk is one of the most critically acclaimed and most translated Polish writers, with House of Day, House of Night and Primeval and Other Tales being her greatest commercial and critical successes. She studied psychology at the University of Warsaw and lives in Wałbrzych. An outstanding writer, essayist and a devotee
