# List of Romanian writers

This is a list of Romanian writers.

## Literature
### Old literature

* Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521)
* Dosoftei (1624–1693)
* Miron Costin (1633–1691)
* Grigore Ureche (1590–1647)
* Ion Neculce (1672–1744)
* Antim Ivireanul (1650–1717)
* Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716)
* Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723)
* Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)

### 19th century
#### Romantic writers

* Dinicu Golescu (1777–1830)
* Anton Pann (1790s–1854)
* Ion Heliade-Rădulescu (1802–1872)
* Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885)
* Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1868)
* Ion Ghica (1817–1897)
* Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865)
* Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
* Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838–1907)
* Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887)
* Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
* Alecu Russo (1819–1859)
* Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881)
* Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918)
* Octavian Goga (1881–1938)
* Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
* Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920)
* George Coșbuc (1866–1918)

#### The classics

* Ion Creangă (1839–1889)
* Ioan Slavici (1848–1925)
* Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
* Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)

### Inter-war literature
#### Transition literature

* Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858–1922)
* Alexandru Davila (1862–1929)
* Gala Galaction (1879–1961)
* Constantin Stere (1865–1936)
* Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940)
* George Topîrceanu (1886–1937)

#### Analytical prose

* Anton Holban (1902–1937)
* Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)
* Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)
* Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
* Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)

#### Realist prose

* Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964)
* Eugeniu Botez (1877–1933)
* Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1943)
* Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)
* Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)
* Mihail Sadoveanu (1889–1961)
* Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
* George Călinescu (1899–1965)
* Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)

#### Poetic novels

* Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
* Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)

#### Fantastic prose

* Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
* Max Blecher (1909–1938)
* Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
* Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
* Doina Ruști (born 1957)

#### Great poets

* George Bacovia (1881–1957)
* Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
* Ion Barbu (1895–1961)
* Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
* Ion Vinea (1895–1964)
* Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
* Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)

#### Others

* Urmuz (1883–1923)
* Ion Grămadă (1886–1917)
* Panait Istrati (1884–1935)
* Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954)
* Victor Eftimiu (1889–1972)
* Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970)
* George Ciprian (1883–1968)
* Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
* Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
* Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
* Martha Bibescu (1886–1973)
* Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947)

### Post-war period
#### Mainstream prose

* Radu Tudoran (1910–1992)
* Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
* Emil Botta (1911–1977)
* Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
* Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
* Marin Preda (1922–1980)
* Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002)
* Petru Dumitriu (1924–2002)
* Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
* A. E. Baconsky (1925–1977)
* Eugen Barbu (1924–1993)
* Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
* Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933–1977)
* Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
* Marin Preda (1922–1980)
* Dinu Săraru (born 1932)
* Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
* Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000)
* Titus Popovici (1930–1994)
* Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003)
* Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
* Doina Ruști (born 1957)
* Valentin Serbu (1933–1994)

#### Prose

* Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
* Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
* Radu Tudoran (1917–1992)
* Haralamb Zincă (1923–2008)
* Doru Davidovici (1945–1989)

#### Poetry

* Mihai Beniuc (1907–1998)
* Leonid Dimov (1926–1987)
* Carmen Firan (born 1958)
* Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956)
* Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
* Marin Sorescu (1936–1996)
* Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983)
* Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)

### Romanian diaspora

* Matei Călinescu (born 1934)
* Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
* Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
* Paul Goma (1935–2020)
* Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
* Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
* Herta Müller (born 1953)
* Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

### Contemporary writers

* Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005)
* Octavian Paler (1927–2007)
* Domokos Bölöni (born 1946)
* Augustin Buzura (born 1938)
* Mirel Cană (1957-2020), who also wrote as Șerban Alexandru
* Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
* Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
* Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942)
* Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955)
* T. O. Bobe (born 1969)
* Rodica Bretin (born 1958)
* Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
* Ion Hobana (born 1931)
* Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu (1939–2002)
* Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)
* Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
* Dora Pavel (born 1946)
* Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
* Filip Florian (born 1967)
* Doina Ruști (born 1957)
* Radu Aldulescu (born 1954)
* Dan Lungu (born 1969)
* Gelu Vlașin (born 1966)
* Igor Ursenco (born 1971)
* Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

## Essays and philosophy
### 20th century

* Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957)
* Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
* Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
* Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991)
* Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
* Nae Ionescu (1890–1940)
* Constantin Noica (1909–1987)
* Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989)
* Petre Țuțea (1902–1991)
* Mircea Vulcănescu (1904–1952)

### Contemporary

* Sorin Antohi (born 1957)
* Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942)
* Andrei Pleșu (born 1948)
* Doina Ruști (born 1957)
* Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

## Literary criticism

* Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917)
* Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1946)
* George Călinescu (1889–1965)
* Tudor Vianu (1897–1964)
* Șerban Cioculescu (1902–1988)
* Nicolae Manolescu (born 1939)
* Virgil Nemoianu (born 1940)

## Drama

* Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)
* Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
* Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)
* Tudor Mușatescu (1930–1980)
* Marin Sorescu (1936–1997)