Marta Petreu is the pen name of Rodica Marta Vartic, née Rodica Crisan (born 14 March 1955), a Romanian philosopher, literary critic, essayist and poet. A professor of philosophy at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, she has published eight books of essays and seven of poetry, and is the editor of the monthly magazine Apostrof. Petreu is also noted as a historian of fascism, which she notably dealt with in her book about the controversial stances of philosopher Emil Cioran (An Infamous Past: E. M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania, 1999).

Contents

• 1 Writings
  • 1.1 Novels
  • 1.2 Essayst and historian of philosophy
• 2 Presence in English language anthologies
• 3 External links

Writings

Novels

• Acasă, pe cîmpia Armaghedonului, 2011
• Supa de la miezul nopţii, 2017

Essayst and historian of philosophy

• Teze neterminate, 1991
• Jocurile manierismului logic, 1995
• Ionescu în ţara tatălui, 2001
• Filosofia lui Caragiale, 2003
• Blaga, între legionari şi comunişti (Blaga, between legionnaires and communists), 2021

Presence in English language anthologies

• Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry - 400 de ani de poezie românească - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul & Eva Foster - Editura Minerva, 2019 - ISBN:978-973-21-1070-6
• Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present - bilingual edition English/Romanian- Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ISBN:978-0-9953502-8-1:; LCCN - 202090783

External links

• (in Romanian) Marta Petreu at the Babeş-Bolyai University
• http://www.blouseroumaine.com/biographies/marta-petreu.html
• http://www.agonia.net/index.php/author/0005366/Marta%20Petreu#bio