CĂTĂLINA MATEI

Cătălina Matei (b. 1988, Bucharest) studied the piano at the National University of Music from Bucharest, has a B. A. in Romanian Language and Literature – English Language and Literature (Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest) and a master`s degree in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature.

She won several literary prizes, one of them resulting in her first published book of poems (Lanul cu sârme întinse, Tracus Arte Publishing House, 2014). In 2022, her second book is published at CDPL: Iubirea pentru morți e cea mai mare.

She worked as an editor; she translated different literary texts, among them Anne Sexton’s poems (together with Diana Geacăr: Poeme alese, editura Tracus Arte, 2019). She was in charge of the Literary Café – Tramvaiul 26. Nowadays she is a teacher.