Emilia Ivancu is a poet, translator and researcher. At present she teaches Romanian language and literature in Poznan, Poland, and holds a position at the University of Alba Iulia, Romania. She has translated Angharad Price's novel Oh, Tyn y Gorchudd from Welsh into Romanian as well as the work of Diarmuid Johnson. Her collection of poetry, Jocul de a nu ... Read morefi mai mult decat sunt/Gra w to, aby nie byc wiecej niz jestem (2012) was published bilingually in Romanian and Polish, and Samanii si poetii (2014) is her latest volume of poems, both published by Eikon Publishing House. Her doctoral dissertation is a contribution to the discipline of Postcolonial Studies (Games of Identity and Alterity in the Novels of Salman Rushdie and V. S. Naipaul); her other publications include Travels with Steinbeck in Search of America (2005), Dictionary of Lucian Blaga s Theatrical Characters (co-author, 2005), The Birth of Trystan and Other Poems/Nasterea lui Tristan si alte poeme (translator and co-author, 2010), and The Romanian-Polish/Polish-Romanian Dictionary (co-author, 2011). In winter, when she writes poetry, she dreams of the Welsh seawaters and the island Enlli, where she believes she will go some day. Show Less