This is a list of Romanian writers.

Literature

Old literature

 Neagoe Basarab
 Dosoftei
 Miron Costin (1633-1691)
 Grigore Ureche (1590-1647)
 Ion Neculce (1672-1744)
 Nicolae Milescu (1636-1708)
 Antim Ivireanul (1650-1617)
 Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723)
 Gheorghe Asachi (1788-1869)

19th century

Romantic writers

 Ion Budai-Deleanu
 Dinicu Golescu
 Anton Pann
 Ion Heliade-Rădulescu
 Grigore Alexandrescu
 Constantin Negruzzi (1808-1868)
 Ion Ghica (1817-1897)
 Nicolae Filimon (1891-1895)
 Alexandru Odobescu (1834-1895)
 Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838-1907)
 Iosif Vulcan (1841-1907)
 Petre Ispirescu
 Alexandru Odobescu
 Alecu Russo
 Alexandru Macedonski
 Barbu Delavrancea

The classics

 Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890)
 Ion Creangă (1839-1889)
 Ioan Slavici (1848-1925)
 Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889)
 Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912)

Inter-war literature

Transition literature

 Duiliu Zamfirescu
 Alexandru Davila
 George Coşbuc
 Ion Agârbiceanu (1882-1963)
 Gala Galaction (1879-1961)
 Constantin Stere (1865-1936)
 Nicolae Iorga
 Emil Gârleanu

Female authors

 Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876-1955)
 Martha Bibescu (1886-1973)
 Elena Farago (1878-1954)
 Ioana Postelnicu (b. 1910)
 Elena Văcărescu (1864-1947)

Analytical prose 

 Anton Holban (1902-1937)
 Gib Mihăescu (1894-1935)
 Camil Petrescu (1894-1957)
 Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945)
 Ion Vinea

Realist prose
 Ion Agârbiceanu
 Adrian Maniu
 Ion Marin Sadoveanu
 Eugeniu Botez (1877-1933)
 George Călinescu (1899-1965)
 Eugen Lovinescu (1881-1943)
 Cezar Petrescu (1892-1961)
 Liviu Rebreanu (1885-1944)
 Mihail Sadoveanu (1889-1961)
 Vasile Voiculescu
 Mihail Sorbul
 Ion Al. Brătescu-Voineşti
 Alexandru Kiriţescu
 George Călinescu
 Alexandru Philippide
 Zaharia Stancu
 George Mihail Zamfirescu

Poetic novels

 Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967)
 Mateiu Caragiale (1885-1936)

Fantastic prose

 Mircea Eliade (1907-1986)
 Vasile Voiculescu (1884-1963)
 Gellu Naum (1915-2001)
 Vladimir Colin (1921-1991)

Others

 Tristan Tzara
 Urmuz (1883-1923) - experimental novels
 Benjamin Fundoianu
 Panait Istrati (1884-1935) - exotic prose
 Ionel Teodoreanu (1897-1954) - youth novels
 Victor Eftimiu
 Tudor Muşatescu
 George Ciprian
 Pavel Dan
 Geo Bogza
 Eugène Ionesco
 Emil Cioran

Post-war period

Mainstream prose

 Radu Tudoran
 Eugen Jebeleanu
 Emil Botta
 Aurel Baranga
 Horia Vintilă
 Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu
 Gellu Naum
 Horia Lovinescu
 Ion D. Sârbu
 Marin Preda
 Ştefan Augustin Doinaş
 Petru Dumitriu
 Constantin Chiriţǎ
 A. E. Baconsky (1925-1977)
 Eugen Barbu (1924-1993)
 Nicolae Breban (b. 1934)
 Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933-1977)
 Fănuş Neagu (b. 1932)
 Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935)
 Marin Preda (1922-1980)
 Dinu Săraru (b. 1932)
 Zaharia Stancu (1902-1974)
 Constantin Ţoiu (b. 1923)
 Ioan Alexandru
 Ştefan Bǎnulescu
 Teodor Mazilu
 Titus Popovici
 Dumitru Solomon
 Dumitru Ţepeneag (b. 1937)

Prose

 Geo Bogza (1908-1993)
 Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu (1939-2002)
 Constantin Chiriţă (1925-1991)
 Brenda Stress (b. 1983)
 Radu Tudoran (1917-1992)
 Haralamb Zincă (b. 1923)
 Doru Davidovici (1945-1989)

Poetry

 George Bacovia
 Gheorghe Bajenaru
 Ion Barbu
 Mihai Beniuc
 Lucian Blaga
 Dan Botta
 Leonid Dimov
 Carmen Firan
 Octavian Goga
 Nicolae Labiş
 Ion Minulescu
 Ion Pillat
 Marin Sorescu
 Nichita Stanescu
 George Topîrceanu
 Dorin Tudoran
 Elena Liliana Popescu
 Ilarie Voronca

Romanian diaspora

 Cristian Petru Bălan (b. 1936)
 Matei Călinescu (b. 1934)
 Andrei Codrescu (b. 1946)
 Dan Dănilă (b. 1954)
 Virgil Gheorghiu (1916-1992)
 Paul Goma (b. 1935)
 Leonard Oprea (b. 1953)
 Dumitru Ţepeneag (b. 1937)

Contemporary writers

 Gabriela Adameşteanu (b. 1942)
 Duşan Baiski (b. 1955)
 Carmen-Francesca Banciu (b. 1955)
 T. O. Bobe (b. 1969)
 Rodica Bretin (b.1958)
 Augustin Buzura (b. 1938)
 Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1956)
 Mircea Ciobanu (1940-1997)
 Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (b. 1951)
 Virgil Duda (b. 1939)
 Ion Hobana (b.1931)
 Mircea Nedelciu (1950-1999)
 Alexandru Paleologu (1919-2005)
 Octavian Paler (1927-2007)
 Dora Pavel (b. 1946)
 Elena Liliana Popescu (b. 1948)
 Camelian Propinatiu (b. 1951)
 Răzvan Rădulescu (b. 1967)
 Leonard Oprea (b. 1953)
 Ion Vianu (b. 1934)

Essays and philosophy

20th century

 Lucian Blaga (1895-1961)
 Emil Cioran (1911-1995)
 Ioan Petru Culianu (1950-1991) 
 Mircea Eliade (1907-1986)
 Nae Ionescu (1890-1940)
 Adrian Marino (1921-2005)
 Constantin Noica (1909-1987)
 Nicolae Steinhardt (1912-1989)
 Petre Ţuţea (1902-1991)
 Mircea Vulcănescu (1904-1952)

Contemporary

 Sorin Antohi (b. 1957)
 Gabriel Liiceanu (b. 1942)
 Horia-Roman Patapievici (b. 1957)
 Andrei Pleşu (b. 1948)
 Mihai Şora (b. 1916)

Literary criticism
 Titu Maiorescu (1840-1917)
 Eugen Lovinescu (1881-1946)
 George Călinescu (1889-1965)
 Tudor Vianu (1897-1964)
 Şerban Cioculescu (1902-1988)
 Eugen Simion (b. 1933)
 Nicolae Manolescu (b. 1939)
 Virgil Nemoianu (b. 1940)

Drama 
 Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912)
 Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868-1957)
 Eugen Ionescu (1909-1994)
 Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945)
 Tudor Muşatescu (1930-1980)
 Marin Sorescu (1936-1997)

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