Ioana Bradea
Ioana Bradea (b. 1975) published her first novel, Băgău, in 2004 and was awarded the Debut Prize by the Union of Romanian Writers. The book was considered to be “a disperate leap that the author succeeded in taking and corrects the painful and – so far – sad efforts made in relieving the taboos of the literary language” (Tania Radu). The book marked Ioana Bradea as one of the most promising talented young writers in Romania. Her second novel, Scotch (2010), represents the image of the afflicted postindustrial space of a small town. It is a strange musical prose poem about deserted factories, cranes and machine tools with complicated names that have become useless in the brave new contemporary Romania.
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If you've been wondering what Word Express writers have been working on recently, you'll be pleased to hear that Owen Martell's novel 'Dyn Yr Eiliad' has been translated into Serbian by Milan Dobričić's Read the full story here.
Using photography and music from our multi-talented Word Express writer-travellers, we've put together this short slide show with music from Ivan Hristov's band Gologan.