Octavian Soviany

A debutat editorial cu volumul de versuri Ucenicia batrinului alchimist (Dacia, 1983). De-a lungul anilor a colaborat la principalele reviste literare din Romania. Este membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din 1995. A publicat poezie (Cartea lui Benedict – Vinea, 2002; Alte poeme de moda veche – Pontica, 2004; Scrisori din Arcadia – Paralela 45, 2005; Dilecta – Cartea Romaneasca, 2006; Marii oameni ai revolutiilor – editie samizdat, seria no name, 2009), romane (Textele de la Monte Negro – Pontica, 2003; Viata lui Kostas Venetis – Cartea Romaneasca, 2011), teatru (Cinci poeme dramatice – Palimpsest, 2005) si critica (Apocaliptica textului – Palimpsest, 2008; Cinci decenii de experimentalism. Compendiu de poezie romaneasca actuala – Casa de pariur

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