Victor Felea
Victor Felea was a poet, essayist, and literary critic from Cluj, he was the son of Greek Catholic priest Toader Felea and his wife Marie. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Cluj, and took the posts of literary reviewer' at the National Theatre Cluj, editor at Almanahul literar and later at Steaua ; he was adjunct editor-in-chief of the magazine Tribuna. From 1949 he was a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
His first published book was the volume of verse Murmurul Străzii. He published in the majority of Romania's literary magazines and was awarded the Steaua Literary Magazine Award, the Writers' Union Award, and the Association of Writers of Cluj-Napoca Award. His work as a poetry critic is distinguished by the extreme generosity of his reviews and criticism.Selected works
Among his many volumes of verse were:
- Soarele şi liniştea
- Revers citadin
- Ritual solitar
- Sentiment de vîrstă
- Cîntecul materiei
- Cumpăna bucuriei
- Gulliver
- De toamnă
- Decorul speranţei
- Jucător de rezervă
Additional works appeared posthumously:
- Jurnalul unui poet leneş
- the anthology of selected verses Ritual solitar.
His work as a poetry critic is collected in the volumes
- Dialoguri despre poezie, Reflexii critice,
- Poezie şi critică,
- Aspecte ale poeziei de azi, I-III.
He also published translations of Robert Frost, Marcel Brion, Roy MacGregor-Hastie, and others.
