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Rodica Bretin (born 6 November 1958) is a Romanian writer specialized in history and fantastic literature.

Rodica Bretin was born in Brasov and since 1982 is living in Bucharest. A renowned writer in Romania and Eastern Europe, Rodica Bretin has been a member of the Romanian Writers Union (USR) since 1991 and Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain) since 1996. She is also a scientific researcher, specialised in history, having participated at historical and archaeological campaigns in: Transylvania, Romania (1996), Languedoc, France (1998) and Milano, Italy (2002).

Works

Fiction books

  • The Holographic Effect (Effect Holografic) (Albatros Publishing House, 1985)
  • The White Hawk (Şoimul Alb) (Facla Publishing House, 1987)
  • The Giant (Uriaşul cel Bun) (Ion Creanga Publishing House, 1989)
  • The Neverending Road (Drumul fără Sfârşit) (Baricada Publishing House, 1991)
  • The One who Comes from the Shadow (Cel care vine din Urmă) (Baricada Publishing House, 1993)
  • The World of Hind (Lumea lui Hind) (Coresi Publishing House, 1998)
  • The Sand Man (Omul de Nisip) (Image Publishing House, 2000)
  • The Iron Maiden (Fecioara de Fier) (Coresi Publishing House, 2002; second edition, Pocket Book Publishing House, 2006; third edition Eagle Publishing House, 2015; fourth edition Tritonic Publishing House, 2017)
  • The City Without Past (Cetatea fără trecut) (Nemira Publishing House, 2015)
  • The Fortress (Fortăreaţa) (Tritonic Publishing House, 2016)
  • Men and Gods, volume 1 of The Protectors trilogy (Oameni şi Zei, volumul 1 din trilogia Protectorii) (Tritonic Publishing House, 2017)

History books

  • The Files of the Impossible (Dosarele Imposibilului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
  • The Tunnel of Time (Tunelul Timpului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
  • The Witches' Gate (Poarta Vrăjitoarelor) (Pocket Book, 2004, Nemira Publishing House 2015)
  • Poltergeist: The Invisible Foes (Poltergeist: atacatori invizibili) (Pocket Book, 2005)
  • The Mystery of the Parallel Worlds (Misterul Lumilor Paralele) (Pocket Book, 2006)
  • Marooned in Time (Naufragiaţi în Timp) (Pocket Book, 2006)
  • Voyages in timp and parallel worlds (Călătorii în timp şi Lumi paralele) ( Nemira Publishing House 2015)
  • The Chronicles of the Impossible (Cronicile Imposibilului) ( Ed.ePublishers, 2015)
  • The Vikings - Warrior of the Nord (Războinicii Nordului) ( Ed.ePublishers, 2015)
  • Stir of Echoes (Ecouri din tenebre) ( Ed. Crux, 2016)

Anthologist

  • Anthologist and translator of the mainstream/fantastic literature anthologies:
  • Chronicles from the Forbbiden Worlds (2003)
  • Hunters of the Other World (2006)
  • Co-anthologist at the Antares anthologies with Dan Apostol, 4 volumes (1991–1995), specialised on ancient civilisations, unexplained phenomena and fantastic literature.

Translation works

  • Dale Cooper, by S.Frost, 1993
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H.Lawrence, 1993
  • La Feline Geante, by J.H.Rosny Aine, 1993
  • Dans le Ombre de la Guillotine, by O.LeBaron, 1994

Literary Awards

  • Award for the Best Foreign Story for the fantastic story The Darkness, at the International Festival of Fantastic Art (Annecy, France, 1996)
  • Volaverunt Award for the fantastic story The Conquistador, at the Festival of Valencia (Spain, 2001)
  • Award for the Best Foreign Novel awarded by Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain, 2005) for the historical novel The Iron Maiden
  • The COLIN Award, 7-th edition, 2017, for The City Without Past, a fantastic short stories book.

See also

References

  • John Clute, Peter Nicholls:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Orbit, London, 1993
  • Nemira's Dictionary of Fantasy&Science-Fiction Romanian Writers, Nemira, Bucharest, 1999
  • CDB's Catalogue of Authors, Pocket Book Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006
  • Jean-Pierre Moumon: Antares Anthologies, La Valette, France, 1987 and 2008
  • The Historian, Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain, 2006
  • Romanian Writers Union site scriitorilor.ro/Bucharest/main-stream
  • Today's Romanian Writers, Gates of the Orient Publishing House, Iasi, 2011
  • Contemporanian Romanian Autors, Arial Publishing House, Ploiești, Romania, 2013
  • Personalities from contemporary romanian women, Meronia Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013

References

  1. "PRO SPES (Pentru speranta)" (in Romanian). Caiete Silvane. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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