List of Romanian writers

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
* Dumitru Găleșanu (b. 1955)
* 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)
* Dumitru Găleșanu (b. 1955)
* 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)