Traian T. Coșovei (; 28 November 1954 – 1 January 2014) was a Romanian poet. He was a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
The son of writer Traian Coșovei and Maria Urdăreanu, he graduated from the Department of Romanian Language and Literature of the University of Bucharest in 1978. He wrote a thesis on the Beat Generation.
A so-called "80s Generation" writer, he was a member of the "Monday Literary Circle" led by Nicolae Manolescu, and of the literary circle led by Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu.
Coșovei's literary debut came in 1978 with the publication of a story in the magazine Literary Romania. The following year, he began editing the Romanian Paper. In 1980 he became a member of the Writers' Union of Romania. In 1996 he was appointed in the National Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest, a job he held until his death.
Coșovei died on 1 January 2014, at the age of 59.Doliu în literatura română. Poetul Traian T. Coșovei a murit
Books Ninsoarea electrică ("The Electrical Snowfall"), Cartea Românească, 1978 1, 2, 3 SAU… , Albatros, 1980 Cruciada întreruptă ("The Discontinued Crusade"), Cartea Românească, 1982 Aer cu diamante ("Air with Diamonds"), (anthology), ed. Litera, 1982 Poemele siameze ("The Siamese Poems"), Albatros, 1983 În așteptarea cometei ("Waiting for the Comet"), Cartea Românească, 1986 Rondul de noapte ("The Night Watch"), Militară, 1987 Pornind de la un vers ("Starting from One Line") (literary criticism), Eminescu, 1990 Bătrânețile unui băiat cuminte ("The Old Age of a Good Boy"), Pontica, 1994 Mickey Mouse e mort ("Mickey Mouse Is Dead"), Cartea Românească, 1994 Ioana care rupe poeme ("Ioana who rips poems apart"), Asociația Scriitorilor & Cartea Românească, 1996 Patinează sau crapă! ("Skate or Die!"), Axa, 1997 Ninsoarea electrică ("The Electrical Snowfall"), Second edition, Vinea, 1998 Percheziționarea îngerilor ("The Frisking of the Angels"), Crater, 1998 Lumină de la frigider ("Light from the Refrigerator"), Cartea Românească, 1998 Bună dimineața, Vietnam! ("Good Morning, Vietnam!"), Călăuza, 1999 Hotel Urmuz (literary criticism), Călăuza, 2000 Institutul de glasuri ("The Institute of Voices"), (anthology), Cartea Românească, 2002 Vânătoarea pe capete, Libra, 2002 Greva căpșunelor ("The Strawberry Strike"), Libra, 2004 Aeorstate plângând ("Crying Aerostates"), Tracus Arte, 2010
Awards Romanian Writers' Union's Newcomer Award (1979) Bucharest Writers' Association Award (1994) Romanian Academy Award (1996)
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