Linda Maria Baros

Linda Maria Baros (born 6 August 1981 in Bucharest) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic, one of the most powerful new voices on today's poetry scene (the famous French literary award Prix Guillaume Apollinaire – 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize – 2004). She lives in Paris, France. Member of the Académie Mallarmé since 2013. Her poems have been published in 25 countries. Member of the Mallarmé Academy (Académie Mallarmé), France since May 2013 General secretary of the most important poetry prize in France - Guillaume Apollinaire Prize since 2013 Editor-in-chief of the French-English literary review La traductière, Paris, France since June 2013 Associate editor of the scientific review "Cinematographic Art & Documentation", Hyperion University, Bucharest, since 2010 Member of the jury of the Prix Max-Pol Fouchet (Max-Pol Fouchet Poetry Prize), France (2010 – 2012) Poetry editor of the literary review Seine et Danube, Paris (2009 - 2010) Assistant Secretary of the La Nouvelle Pléiade Association in Paris since 2009 Cultural Ambassador of Romania during the European Cultural Season, France, 2008 Assistant Secretary of the Romanian Literature Translators' Association in Paris since 2006 Initiator and co-organiser of the Festival Le Printemps des Poètes/Primavara Poetilor (Spring of Poets Festival) in Romania (2005), in the Republic of Moldavia (2006) and in Australia (2007) Founder and director of the literary review VERSUs/m – Bucharest 2005 Member of the Romanian Writers' Union since 2002 Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer), France since 2012 General secretary of the Collège de Littérature comparée ("The College of Comparative Literature") - Paris, since 2011 PhD in Comparative Literature - Paris-Sorbonne University (summa cum laude) and University of Bucharest, 2011 Postgraduate student in Comparative Literature at the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV Student at the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV – Modern Literature Pupil at the Central School in Bucharest and at the Victor Duruy High school in Paris (France) Top poetry prize Nichita Stănescu - Writers' Union of Moldavia, 2013 Ion Minulescu National Poetry Prize, Romania – 2008 Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (The Apollinaire Prize) for La Maison en lames de rasoir, Cheyne éditeur, France – 2007 Prix de la Vocation (The Poetical Calling Prize) for Le Livre de signes et d'ombres, Cheyne éditeur, France – 2004 Translation Prize of the International Academy Mihai Eminescu, Romania – 2002 Translation Prize Les Plumes de l'Axe, France – 2001 The Poetry Prize of the Cultural Commission of the Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV, France – 2001 She made her debut in 1988 with a poem published in a literary review from Bucharest.