List of Romanian writers

This is a list of Romanian writers.

Old literature

 * Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521)
 * Dosoftei (1624–1693)
 * Miron Costin (1633–1691)
 * Grigore Ureche (1590–1647)
 * Ion Neculce (1672–1744)
 * Antim Ivireanul (1650–1717)
 * Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716)
 * Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723)
 * Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)

Romantic writers

 * Dinicu Golescu (1777–1830)
 * Anton Pann (1790s–1854)
 * Ion Heliade-Rădulescu (1802–1872)
 * Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885)
 * Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1868)
 * Ion Ghica (1817–1897)
 * Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865)
 * Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
 * Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838–1907)
 * Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887)
 * Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
 * Alecu Russo (1819–1859)
 * Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881)
 * Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918)
 * Octavian Goga (1881–1938)
 * Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
 * Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920)
 * George Coșbuc (1866–1918)

The classics

 * Ion Creangă (1839–1889)
 * Ioan Slavici (1848–1925)
 * Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
 * Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)

Transition literature

 * Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858–1922)
 * Alexandru Davila (1862–1929)
 * Gala Galaction (1879–1961)
 * Constantin Stere (1865–1936)
 * Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940)
 * George Topîrceanu (1886–1937)

Analytical prose

 * Anton Holban (1902–1937)
 * Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)
 * Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)
 * Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
 * Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)

Realist prose

 * Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964)
 * Eugeniu Botez (1877–1933)
 * Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1943)
 * Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)
 * Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)
 * Mihail Sadoveanu (1889–1961)
 * Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
 * George Călinescu (1899–1965)
 * Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)

Poetic novels

 * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
 * Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)

Fantastic prose

 * Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
 * Max Blecher (1909–1938)
 * Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
 * Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
 * Doina Ruști (born 1957)

Great poets

 * George Bacovia (1881–1957)
 * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
 * Ion Barbu (1895–1961)
 * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
 * Ion Vinea (1895–1964)
 * Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
 * Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)

Others

 * Urmuz (1883–1923)
 * Ion Grămadă (1886–1917)
 * Panait Istrati (1884–1935)
 * Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954)
 * Victor Eftimiu (1889–1972)
 * Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970)
 * George Ciprian (1883–1968)
 * Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
 * Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
 * Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
 * Martha Bibescu (1886–1973)
 * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947)

Mainstream prose

 * Radu Tudoran (1910–1992)
 * Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
 * Emil Botta (1911–1977)
 * Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
 * Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
 * Marin Preda (1922–1980)
 * Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002)
 * Petru Dumitriu (1924–2002)
 * Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
 * A. E. Baconsky (1925–1977)
 * Eugen Barbu (1924–1993)
 * Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
 * Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933–1977)
 * Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
 * Marin Preda (1922–1980)
 * Dinu Săraru (born 1932)
 * Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
 * Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000)
 * Titus Popovici (1930–1994)
 * Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003)
 * Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
 * Doina Ruști (born 1957)
 * Valentin Serbu (1933–1994)

Prose

 * Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
 * Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
 * Radu Tudoran (1917–1992)
 * Haralamb Zincă (1923–2008)
 * Doru Davidovici (1945–1989)

Poetry

 * Mihai Beniuc (1907–1998)
 * Leonid Dimov (1926–1987)
 * Carmen Firan (born 1958)
 * Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956)
 * Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
 * Marin Sorescu (1936–1996)
 * Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983)
 * Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)

Romanian diaspora

 * Matei Călinescu (born 1934)
 * Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
 * Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
 * Paul Goma (1935–2020)
 * Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
 * Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
 * Herta Müller (born 1953)
 * Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

Contemporary writers

 * Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005)
 * Octavian Paler (1927–2007)
 * Domokos Bölöni (born 1946)
 * Augustin Buzura (born 1938)
 * Mirel Cană (1957-2020), who also wrote as Șerban Alexandru
 * Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
 * Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
 * Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942)
 * Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955)
 * T. O. Bobe (born 1969)
 * Rodica Bretin (born 1958)
 * Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
 * Ion Hobana (born 1931)
 * Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu (1939–2002)
 * Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)
 * Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
 * Dora Pavel (born 1946)
 * Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
 * Filip Florian (born 1967)
 * Doina Ruști (born 1957)
 * Radu Aldulescu (born 1954)
 * Dan Lungu (born 1969)
 * Gelu Vlașin (born 1966)
 * Igor Ursenco (born 1971)
 * Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

20th century

 * Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957)
 * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
 * Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
 * Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991)
 * Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
 * Nae Ionescu (1890–1940)
 * Constantin Noica (1909–1987)
 * Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989)
 * Petre Țuțea (1902–1991)
 * Mircea Vulcănescu (1904–1952)

Contemporary

 * Sorin Antohi (born 1957)
 * Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942)
 * Andrei Pleșu (born 1948)
 * Doina Ruști (born 1957)
 * Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

Literary criticism

 * Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917)
 * Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1946)
 * George Călinescu (1889–1965)
 * Tudor Vianu (1897–1964)
 * Șerban Cioculescu (1902–1988)
 * Nicolae Manolescu (born 1939)
 * Virgil Nemoianu (born 1940)

Drama

 * Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)
 * Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
 * Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)
 * Tudor Mușatescu (1930–1980)
 * Marin Sorescu (1936–1997)