Filip Florian


Filip Florian is a Romanian writer and journalist.

Biography

Filip Florian studied Geology and Geophysics in Bucharest. Between 1990 and 1992, he worked as an editor for Cuvîntul magazine and later on, until 1999, as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe and Deutsche Welle. He currently lives in Bucharest.

Works

The novel Degete mici marked Florian's literary debut in 2005. It was awarded "best debut" by România Literară, the excellence prize for debut of the National Union of the Romanian Patronate and the Romanian Writers' Union prize. The novel was translated and published in Hungary, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the United States. Zilele Regelui published in 2008 was awarded the "Manuscriptum prize" by the National Museum of Romanian Literature; furthermore, the novel was named "book of the year" at the Contemporary Romanian Novel Symposium. The Days of the King was translated into Hungarian, Bulgarian, Polish and English; a Spanish edition is to be published by Acantilado.

Publications