Alexandru Vakulovski

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Language: romanian

Translations: english (ballet)

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femeile cu fustă
care duc gunoiul sunt
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un picior în faţă
o mână cu punga ridicată în sus
piciorul din spate ridicat

cele în pantaloni
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Alexandru Vakulovski

photo © Moni Stănilă

* 09.04.1978, Antoneşti/Ştefan Vodă, Moldova
lives in: Chișinău, Moldova

Alexandru Vakulovski is a Moldavian poet, prose writer, dramaturg, scenarist, editorialist, critic, and translator. He was born in 1978 in Antoneşti/Ştefan Vodă which then belonged to the Soviet Union.

He studied at the State University of Moldova (Chişinău), and graduated at the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca with a degree in philology.
He founded the web magazine "Tiuk! (k-avem kef)" in 2001 together with his brother Mihail Vakulovski, the graphic artist Dan Perjovschi, and Viorel Ciama.

photo © Moni Stănilă

Between 2003-2005 he worked as a book editor for the publishing houses Aula and Eikon. In 2009-2010 he was chief editor to Stare de urgenţă and Revista la plic, two cultural magazines from Chişinău, founded by ICR.

He published essays, prose, poetry, drama and reviews in a number of important Romanian and Moldavian cultural magazines. His works have been included in anthologies from Romania, the Republic of Moldova as well as internationally. In his work he addresses everyday life in eastern Europe. His language is harsh, crude and provocative. In his texts, he ignores ethical and aesthetic taboos and challenges critics. He is also active as a translator of contemporary Russian literature.

Together with his wife, the Romanian writer Moni Stanila, Alexandru Vakulovski coordinates the literary circle Republica at the National Library in Chisinau.

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