Ionuț Caragea

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Ionuț Caragea
Ionuț Caragea in 2021 (Oradea, Romania)
Ionuț Caragea in 2021 (Oradea, Romania)
Born (1975-04-12) April 12, 1975 (age 46)
Constanța, Romania
Pen nameSnowdon King
Occupationpoetry, science fiction, quotes, essays
Languageromanian, french
NationalityFlag of Romania.svg romanian, Flag of Canada.svg canadian
Period2003 – present
Literary movementAvant-gardism, transmodernism, neomodernism, paradoxism, 2000 poetic generation
Signature
Website
ionutcaragea.ro

Ionuț Caragea (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈnut͡s kaˈrad͡ʒe̯a]; born April 12, 1975, Constanța, România) is a Romanian writer living in Oradea, România. Romanian literary critics see him as one of the leaders of the 2000 poetic generation (some critics even considered him the undisputed leader of this generation)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] and one of the most atypical and original writers of today's Romania.[9][10][11][12] He is also known in France, where he has been published several books translated or written directly into French, thus becoming a member of the Société des Poètes Français and a member of the Société des poètes et artistes de France. Academician Giovanni Dotoli, one of the leading personalities of Francophonie, analyzing the volume of poems "Mon amour abyssal", considers that Ionuț Caragea is a poet who honors Romania and European literature.[13] Ionuț Caragea was twice awarded by the Society of French Poets, the oldest and most prestigious poetry society in France. "Mon amour abyssal" won the "François-Victor Hugo" award and "J'habite la maison aux fenêtres fermées" won the "Mompezat" award. [5] [6]

Biography[]

Caragea was born on April 12, 1975, in Constanța. He is a poet, prose writer, literary critic, editor, aphorism-writer, and cultural promoter. He is a member of the Romanian Writers’ Union, the Cluj branch [7], a co-founder and vice-chairman of the Romanian Writers’ Association of Québec, an honorary member of the Writers’ Society of Neamț County, an honorary member of the Maison Naaman pour Culture Foundation of Lebanon, a member of Elis – the worldwide remarkable Romanians’ Network, an honorary member of the International Association of Paradoxism, a member of the Diversité Artistique Cultural Organization of Montréal [8], a member of the Poetas del Mundo Cultural Organization of Chile [9] etc. As a result of his friendship and name relation with Prince Eugen Enea Caraghiaur, in 2008 he was raised to the noble rank of Baron of the Cuman House of Panciu [10]. He started his literary career in 2006, with a collection of poems – Delirium Tremens (STEF Publishing House, Iași). His poems, aphorisms, short stories, and critical essays have appeared in various magazines, newspapers, and anthologies in Romania and diaspora. He is one of the twenty authors who were published in Antologia aforismului românesc contemporan/An Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorisms (Genesi Publishing House, Turin, 2013)[11], and one of the twenty-seven authors who were published in Antologia aforismului românesc contemporan/An Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Aphorisms (Digital Unicorn Publishing House, Constanța, 2016)[12]. Following the 2012 Naji Naaman International Contest, he was awarded the Creativity Prize for aphorisms from his collection Dicționarul suferinței/A Dictionary of Suffering (Fides Publishing House, Iași, 2008), translated into French by Professor Constantin Frosin, PhD [13]. He is included in Cartea înțelepciunii universale. Maxime și cugetări din literatura universală/A Book of World Wisdom. Maxims and Thoughts from World Literature (eLiteratura Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014).[14] He is also included in Alertă de grad zero în proza scurtă românească actuală/Red Alert in Today's Romanian Short Story Writing (Herg Benet Publishing House, 2012) [14]. He has won several poetry and short story contests. Some of his work has been translated into six languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Albanian. He was nicknamed "The poet who was born on Google" after the title of his book M-am născut pe Google/I Was Born on Google (STEF Publishing House, Iași, 2007) [15]. In 2012, the English version of his science fiction novel Uezen was published by Wildside Press (US).[15]

In 2003-2011 he lived in Montréal, Canada, where he received the Canadian citizenship (2008). He worked as a sports instructor and professional sportsman, continuing his rugby career which he started in Romania. He is the son of a former star of Romanian rugby, Florin Caragea, who played for Farul Constanța [16]. Ionuț Caragea played for Parc Olympique and won the Québec province championship three times [17].

He started writing poetry in his teens but it was in Canada that he discovered his true calling [18]. His first poems were published on April 6, 2006, in "Observatorul," a literary magazine from Toronto, where he was welcomed by the poet George Filip [19]. Then he was promoted by the editor Dumitru Scorțanu, who published his first three books at STEF Publishing House, Iași. On July 16, 2008, he founded, together with the poet Adrian Erbiceanu, The Romanian Writers’ Association of Québec and the ASLRQ Publishing House. As an editor and founder of ASLRQ, in 2009 he compiled, together with Adrian Erbiceanu and Dumitru Scorțanu, the first anthology of Romanian writers from Québec, a very important work for the diaspora[20]. He committed himself to promoting Romanian culture in North America, being webmaster, webdesigner, and literary promoter for the site of the Romanian Writers’ Association of Québec (www.aslrq.ro), and founder of the Prietenii Poeziei/Poetry's Friends Literary Society. In February 2012 he returned to Romania and settled in Oradea. In 2014 the eLiteratura Publishing House published his latest collections of poems that were welcomed by the poet Ana Blandiana with a text on the back cover of his Cer fără scări/Stepless Sky.[16] In 2015 he coordinated the 2015 ASLRQ anthology.[17] He has published more than 40 books (poems, aphorisms, science fiction, critical essays, thoughts on spirituality, memoirs, and anthologies). Romanian literary critics see him as one of the leaders of the 2000 poetic generation (some critics even considered him the undisputed leader of this generation) and one of the most atypical and original writers of today's Romania. The critic Maria-Ana Tupan believes that the poet Ionuț Caragea sometimes reminds one of Marin Sorescu, a great Romanian writer.[18]

Works[]

Poetry[]

  • Delirium Tremens, STEF, Iași, Romania, 2006 (Romanian)
  • M-am născut pe Google, STEF, Iași, Romania, 2007 (Romanian)
  • Donator universal, STEF, Iași, Roumanie, 2007 (Romanian)
  • Omul din cutia neagră, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2007 (Romanian)
  • 33 bis, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2008 (Romanian)
  • Analfabetism literar, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2008 (Romanian)
  • Negru Sacerdot, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2008 (Romanian)
  • Absența a ceea ce suntem, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2009 (Romanian)
  • Poezii de dragoste - FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2010 (Romanian)
  • Suflet zilier, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2009 (Romanian)
  • Guru amnezic, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2011 (Romanian)
  • Patria la care mă întorc, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2012 (Romanian)
  • Antologie de Poeme 2006-2012, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2013 (Romanian)
  • La suprême émotion, ASLRQ, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2009 (French)
  • Déconnecté, ELMIS, Iași, Romania, 2009 (French)
  • Ciel sans escalier/Cer fără scări, eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2014 (Romanian and French).
  • Festina lente, eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2014 (Romanian and Spanish)
  • În așteptarea păsării, eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2015 (poetry and quotes)(Romanian)
  • Umbră lucidă, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2016 (Romanian)
  • Mesaj către ultimul om de pe Pământ, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2017 (Romanian)
  • Eu la pătrat, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2017 (poetry and quotes)(Romanian)
  • Cenușa din abis, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2018 (Romanian)
  • Despletirea viselor, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2018 (Romanian)
  • Mon amour abyssal, Stellamaris, Brest, France, 2018 (French)[21]
  • Iubirea mea abisală, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2018 (Romanian)
  • Une étincelle dans le couloir des ombres, Stellamaris, Brest, France, 2019 (French)[22]
  • Je suis né sur Google, Stellamaris, Brest, France, 2019 (French)[23]
  • J’habite la maison aux fenêtres fermées, Stellamaris, Brest, France, 2019 (French)[24]

Science fiction[]

  • Snowdon King – Uezen și alte povestiri, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2010 (Romanian)
  • Snowdon King – Conștiința lui Uezen, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2010 (Romanian)
  • Snowdon King – Echilibrul lumilor, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2011 (Romanian)
  • Snowdon King – Uezen, Wildside Press, Rockville, United States, 2012 (English)[25]
  • Ionuț Caragea – Discipolii zeilor de altădată, eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2015 (Romanian)

Quotes[]

  • Dicționarul suferinței, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2008 (Romanian)
  • Dicționarul suferinței II, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2010 (Romanian)
  • Întreita suferință, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2011 (Romanian)
  • Delir cu tremurături de gânduri, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2013 (Romanian)
  • În așteptarea păsării, eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2015 (poetry and quotes)(Romanian)
  • Eu la pătrat, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2017 (poetry and quotes)(Romanian)
  • Din spuma valurilor, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2018 (Romanian)
  • Aphorismes jaillis de l’écume des flots, Stellamaris, Brest, France, 2018 (French)[26]
  • Roua infinitului, Digital Unicorn, Constanța, Romania, 2018 (Romanian)
  • Flori din părul veșniciei, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2019 (Romanian)

Essays[]

  • Literatura virtuală și Curentul Generației Google, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2009 (Romanian)
  • Esențe literare, cronici literare 2007-2011, FIDES, Iași, Romania, 2011 (Romanian)

Spirituality[]

  • Gîndul meu. Cum am devenit Poet, Ed. Fides, col. Spiritus, Iași, Romania, 2011 (Romanian)
  • Ascultă-ți gândul și împlinește-ți visele, Ed. eLiteratura, Bucharest, Romania, 2016 (Romanian)[27]

Literary Prizes[]

  • 2020 - The Prize Mompezat 2019 (Paris, France)
  • 2019 - The Prize François-Victor Hugo 2018 (Paris, France)
  • 2018 - The Big Prize "Sapiens Piroboridava" at the International Festival of Aphorism for Romanians everywhere, Tecuci[19]
  • 2017 - Special Prize "Mihai Pauliuc" at the International Festival of Aphorism for Romanians everywhere, Tecuci[20]
  • 2016 - The Prize for Literary Criticism at the International Festival "eCreator", Baia Mare[21]
  • 2016 - 2nd prize - Romania over 100 years, Bucharest, Science Fiction[22]
  • 2016 - 2nd prize - Helion, Timișoara, Comic Science Fiction[23]
  • 2016 - Nomination - U.S.R., Dobrogea, Science Fiction[24]
  • 2012 – Creativity prize - Naji Naaman, Beyrouth, Lebanon, quotes[25]
  • 2012 - Nomination - U.S.R., Iași, poetry[26]
  • 2009 - mention - Helion, Timișoara, Science Fiction[27]
  • 2008 - mention - Dor de dor, poetry[28]
  • 2008 - 2nd prize - Helion, Science Fiction, Timişoara[29]
  • 2007 - 1st prize –Visul, prose[30]
  • 2007 - 1st prize – Visul, poetry[31]
  • 2007 - 3rd prize - Helion, Timișoara, Science Fiction[32]
  • 2006 - 2nd prize - Nimic fără Dumnezeu, poetry

Appreciations[]

Bibliography[]

  • 1500 Scriitori clasici și contemporani, ed. Porțile Orientului, 2010, ISBN 978-973-7863-62-1, pag. 86 (Convorbiri literare) (in Romanian)
  • Dicționarul Scriitorilor Români de azi, ed. Porțile Orientului, 2011, ISBN 978-973-7863-64-5, pag. 95 (Convorbiri literare) (in Romanian)
  • Literatura română. Dicționarul autorilor români contemporani, Alina Kristinka Cătunescu, Ed. ARIAL, Ploiești, 2013, ISBN 978-973-88659-1-4[55](Oglinda literară), (Agenția de carte) (in Romanian)
  • Antologia dell`aforisma romeno contemporaneo, Genesi Editrice, Italy, 2012, ISBN 9788874143887, pag. 35-41 (Ed. Genesi) (in Italian)
  • Antologia Singur, 2010, Ed. Grinta, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 978-606-92452-2-4 (Caiete silvane) (in Romanian)
  • Antologia Alertă de grad zero în proza scurtă românească actuală, Ed. Herg Benet, 2011, pag. 269, ISBN 978-606-92892-9-7 (Ed. Herg Benet) (in Romanian)
  • Literatura Virtuală și Curentul Generației Google (Convorbiri literare) (in Romanian)
  • Antologia Asociației Scriitorilor de Limbă Română din Québec, Montréal, Canada 2009, ISBN 978-2-923768-01-4 (Convorbiri literare, may 2010);(Ed. ASLRQ) (in Romanian)
  • Antologia Asociației Scriitorilor de Limbă Română din Québec, Montréal, Canada 2015, ISBN 978-2-923768-11-3 (Ziua de Constanța, 27 may 2015);(Ed. ASLRQ) (in Romanian)
  • Cartea Înțelepciunii Universale, un dicționar de maxime și aforisme realizat de Nicolae Mareș. Ed. eLiteratura, Bucharest, 2014, 620 pag., ISBN 978-606-700-014-6[56](Boema nr. 6, 2015, pag. 27) (in Romanian)
  • Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu - Pagini de istorie literară valahă de mâine, vol. 2, ed. Waldpress, 2015 (pag. 337–339) ISBN 978-606-614-128-4 Banaterra) (in Romanian)
  • Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu - Pagini de istorie literară valahă de mâine, vol. 3, ed. Waldpress, 2015 (pag. 63–66) ISBN 978-606-614-129-1 Banaterra (in Romanian)
  • Mircea Opriță - Alte cronici de familie, editura Limes, 2014, ISBN 978-973-726-881-5 (Ed. Limes, Cluj-Napoca) (in Romanian)
  • Antologia aforismului românesc contemporan, editura Digital Unicorn, Constanța, 2016, ISBN 978-606-94193-0-4 [28](in Romanian)

External links[]

  • Adevărul, 13 oct. 2017, "Un poet constănţean a compus o poezie dedicată lui Publius Ovidius Naso: „Când valurile vor mângâia ţărmul/ Vei auzi Tristele şi Ponticele“"[57] (in Romanian)
  • Adevărul, 20 nov. 2015, "Un rugbist a devenit cel mai nou membru al filialei Dobrogea a Uniunii Scriitorilor din România"[58] (in Romanian)
  • Adevărul, 27 sept. 2014, "Scriitorul constănțean Ionuț Caragea a mai publicat două volume bilingve de poezie"[59] (in Romanian)
  • Adevărul, 17 May 2009, "Constanta: Poetul care şi-a descoperit vocaţia în Canada"[60] (in Romanian)
  • Website: https://www.ionutcaragea.ro
  • Interview, Viața Pozitivă, Romania, April 2015 [29](in Romanian)
  • Interview, Clipa, U.S.A., 23 Nov., 2015 [30](in Romanian)
  • TV Digi24 Oradea, "Recrutat în Crișana", 12 June 2015 [31] (in Romanian)
  • TV Digi24 Oradea, "Recrutat în Crișana", 21 October 2015 [32] (in Romanian)

Source of translation[]

This article contains a translation of Ionuț Caragea from ro.Wikipedia.

References[]

  1. ^ Daniel Corbu: Ionuț Caragea, lider de necontestat al generației sale poetice / Daniel Corbu: Ionuț Caragea, the indisputable leader of his generation), ziarul de Iași, 2 oct. 2018
  2. ^ Emilian Marcu: Ionuț Caragea s-a impus în lumea scriitorilor, dar și a scrisului, situîndu-se chiar în prima linie a generației sale / Ionuț Caragea, in the very first line of his generation, Convorbiri literare, 21 dec. 2018
  3. ^ Corneliu Leu, Port@Leu nr. 9, 2009 ("ne aflăm în fața unui autor care are ceva de spus și, stăpân pe niște mijloace moderne de exprimare ale unor inedite stări poetice, va mai avea încă de spus impunându-și registrul poetic asupra generației sale"/ a master in modern means of expression of some new poetic states, ...... he will impose his poetic register on his generation)
  4. ^ Daniel Corbu, Mişcarea literară, March 2017, pag. 33, ISSN 1583-1957 (Ionuț Caragea, "unul dintre liderii generaţiei poetice doimiste"/ Ionuț Caragea, one of the leaders of the 2000 poetic generation)
  5. ^ Ionel Bota, Mișcarea literară nr. 1, 2015, pag. 113-114 "poezia generaţiei care şi-l revendică între liderii ei şi pe Ionuț Caragea"/ Ionuț Caragea, one of the leaders of the 2000 poetic generation
  6. ^ Ion Pachia-Tatomirescu, Luceafărul de seară, 30 march 2010: Ionuț Caragea, reprezentant de seamă al „generației Google“ / Ionuț Caragea, the prominent representative of the "Google generation"
  7. ^ Constantin Frosin în revista ASLRQ, nr. 10, 2019, și pe site-ul Uniunii Scriitorilor: Ionuț Caragea, lider al generației 2000
  8. ^ Aureliu Goci în revista RFeflex, nr. 12, 2019, și pe site-ul Uniunii Scriitorilor: Poezia lui Ionuț Caragea, din nefericire mai cunoscută și mai apreciată în străinătate decât la noi, susținută de referințe critice de înaltă credibilitate, reprezintă vârful de creație al generației douămiiste
  9. ^ Cezarina Adamescu, Luceafărul de seară, 21 feb. 2010: "Ionuț Caragea şi-a modelat o voce singulară, un timbru original, un stil aparte, inimitabil."/ a unique voice, an original stamp, inimitable style
  10. ^ Angela Furtună, Sfera Online, 13 dec. 2009: "stilul original artistic"/ original artistic style
  11. ^ Ovidiu Ghidirmic, Scrisul românesc, July, 2017: "Ionuț Caragea este o figură atipică și insolită a literaturii noastre de astăzi"/ Ionuț Caragea is an atypical and singular figure of our today's literature
  12. ^ Adrian Dinu Rachieru, Convorbiri literare, nr. 3, 2015: "Ionuț Caragea, un literat atipic, dezlănțuit într-o abundentă producție... Evident, Ionuț Caragea este un poet autentic, urmând a fi „redescoperit”"/ Ionuț Caragea, an atypical writer, unleashed in abundant production ... Obviously, Ionuț Caragea is an authentic poet, to be "rediscovered"
  13. ^ Givanni Dotoli about Ionuț Caragea in Revue européenne de recherches sur la poésie", nr. 4, 2018, Paris
  14. ^ Nicolae Mareș, Maxime şi cugetări din literatura universală/A Book of World Wisdom. Maxims and Thoughts from World Literature, review in Boema nr. 76, june 2015, pag. 27
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  17. ^ Ionuț Caragea, ASLRQ Anthology, Ziua din Constanța, 27 may 2015
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  21. ^ [4]
  22. ^ - ''Romania over 100 years , Bucharest, Science Fiction
  23. ^ 2nd prize - Helion, Timișoara, Comic Science Fiction
  24. ^ Nomination - U.S.R., Dobrogea, Science Fiction
  25. ^ Creativity prize - Naji Naaman, Beyrouth, Lebanon, quotes
  26. ^ "Nomination - U.S.R., Iaşi, poetry". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  27. ^ mention - Helion, Timişoara, Science Fiction
  28. ^ mention - Dor de dor, poetry
  29. ^ 2nd prize - Helion, Timişoara, Science Fiction
  30. ^ 1st prize –Visul, prose
  31. ^ 1st prize – Visul, poetry
  32. ^ 3rd prize - Helion, Science Fiction
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  34. ^ Maria-Ana Tupan, "Cer fără scări", Contemporanul
  35. ^ Maria-Ana Tupan, Contemporanul, nr. 3, 2015, "(Con)texte"
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