Dear literature lovers,

On Saturday, March 21, 2026, starting at 1:00 PM, the annual event titled International Poetry Day at the Golești Manor will take place at the Golești Museum. It will be a cultural activity bringing together prominent poets from across the Romanian cultural space. The event has reached its 8th edition, and this year’s special guest is poet Mihail Gălăţanu.

Artists and cultural figures who will attend the event include: Adrian Cioroianu, Catia Maxim, Liviu Mățăuanu, George Badea, Liliana Rus, Angi Melania Cristea, Alexandra Niculae, Marius Burhan, Carmen Secere, Dragoș Popescu, Romulus Brâncoveanu, Cornel Carp, Dan Drăgoi, Virgil Diaconu, Magda Grigore, Cristian Meleşteu.

During the event, the following activities will take place: presentation of the special guest, public readings, debates based on the readings, and musical intermezzos performed by Iustina Oprea.

This year’s special guest was born on September 11, 1963, in the city of Galați. He completed his primary education there, attended Mihail Kogălniceanu Theoretical High School, and in 1988 graduated from the Faculty of Physics–Mechanics, specializing in the Foundations of Experimental Research. He later worked in research at the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest.

He was a French Government scholarship holder (1994) and a European Community scholarship holder (1995), specializing in International Relations. He worked for the bilingual European Union magazine EUROPE/EUROP. He served as editor-in-chief at magazines such as Flacăra, Playboy, and Flagrant. He was deputy to Cornel Nistorescu at Expres Magazin and later at Evenimentul Zilei, which he left in March 2004. He was director of Flacăra magazine until November 2009. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Editorial Board of the press trust S.C. Publicațiile Flacăra S.A.

e is a member of the Romanian Press Club, the Romanian Wine Club, PEN Club, and the leadership council of the Writers’ Union of Romania (U.S.R.), within the Bucharest Writers’ Association (A.S.B.). Until 2012 he worked as coordinating editor at Finmedia/Piața Financiară.

He made his debut in 1987 with the poetry volume “Știri despre mine” (News About Myself), published by Litera Publishing House, Bucharest, under the supervision of the distinguished book editor Radu Albala. This was followed by:

  • “Scrîșnind în pumni, cu grație” (Grinding My Teeth in My Fists, with Grace), Porto-Franco Publishing House, 1993;
  • “Bunicul Kennedy” (Grandfather Kennedy), Noduri și Semne Publishing House, 1996;
  • “Evanghelia lui Barabas” (The Gospel of Barabbas), Cartea Românească Publishing House, 1996;
  • “Mireasa tuturor” (The Bride of All), Pantheon Publishing House, 1997;
  • “Poetus Captivus” (Captive Poet), Dominus Publishing House, 1998;
  • “Memorialul plăcerii” (The Memorial of Pleasure), Coresi & ASB Publishing House, 2000;
  • “O noapte cu patria și româna cu prostii” (A Night with the Homeland and Romanian with Nonsense), Vinea Publishing House, 2001;
  • “Diapazonul plictisit” (The Bored Tuning Fork), Dominus Publishing House, 2002;
  • “Mormântul meu se sapă singur” (My Grave Digs Itself), 2003;
  • “Apocalipsa printr-o gură de om” (The Apocalypse Through a Human Mouth), 2004;
  • “Burta înstelată” (The Starry Belly), 2005;
  • “Inimă de diamant” (Diamond Heart), 2006;
  • “Devorarea maestrului” (Devouring the Master), Paralela 45 Publishing House, QPOEM Collection, 2016;
  • “Văzătorii cu inima” (The Seers with the Heart), Neuma Publishing House;
  • “Corpul de glorie” (The Body of Glory), anthology, 2019, Junimea Publishing House;
  • and in 2022 the volume “Așteptând gloria” (Waiting for Glory), Tracus Arte Publishing House.

He debuted in prose in 1999 with the novel “Meșterii de clopote” (The Bell Makers). In 2019, the publishing house eLiteratura released his novel “Un dublu asasinat politic” (A Double Political Assassination), a report-novel about a museum curator from Peleș, the head of the Democratic Convention in 1990, who was assassinated the same year in Câmpina after inventorying the royal paintings at Peleș Castle, a possession of King Michael. The murderer has never been identified.

In 2020, the novel “Inima Reginei Maria” (The Heart of Queen Maria) appeared at Coresi/eLiteratura Publishing House.

In 2001, he published the short-story collection “Strada Plantelor” (Plantelor Street) with ALL Publishing House, in the collection “Contemporary Romanian Prose.”

Other prose works include: “Mireasa fără corp” (The Bride Without a Body), novel, 2006; “Strada Plantelor și alte povestiri” (Plantelor Street and Other Stories), 2007; and “Stradivarius”, 2008. Essays include “Literatură de cartier” (Neighborhood Literature), vol. 1 and “Orbirea lui Tiresias / Un posibil manifest al generației ’90” (The Blindness of Tiresias / A Possible Manifesto of the ’90 Generation).

Literary awards:

  • National Prize for Prose “Liviu Rebreanu” (1999);
  • “Luceafărul” Prize awarded at the Nicolae Labiș Festival;
  • Prize of the Bucharest Writers’ Association;
  • National Prize for Film Commentary;
  • “Astra” Prize;
  • “Ramuri” Prize, among others.

We hope that the presence of this distinguished figure of Romanian culture, together with all the writers participating in the event, will spark your curiosity and encourage you to attend our poetic celebration on March 21.

Access to our museum is possible as follows:

From Pitești – by local bus number 4 (M4), which has a stop on Calea București.

From Bucharest – by train Bucharest–Pitești, which runs every hour and also stops at Golești Railway Station.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Event coordinator:

Museum Curator Nicoleta Popa Grigore