Flavia Cosma este scriitoare, poetă şi traducătoare româno-canadiană născută în România, câştigătoare a numeroase premii internaţionale. Este licenţiată în Inginerie Electrică la Institutul Politehnic Bucureşti şi a studiat teatru în România. Este deasemeni producătoare, regizoare şi scenaristă pentru filme documentare de televiziune. Vorbeşte fluent engleza, româna, franceza şi spaniola; produce opere originale şi traduceri în aceste patru limbi.
Flavia a publicat 17 volume de poezie, un roman, o carte de memorii de călătorie şi cinci cărţi pentru copii. Volumul său de versuri Leaves of a Diary a fost acceptat în cadrul Universităţii din Toronto, la catedra E. J. Pratt Canadian Literature ca material didactic pentru anii 2007-2008. Poemele şi cărţile sale au obţinut numeroase premii.
Cosma este membră a Uniunii Scriitorilor din România, The Writer’s Union of Canada, The Ontario Poetry Society, British Comparative Literature Association, Union Hispanoamericana de Escritores, etc.
Recent, Flavia Cosma a fost distinsă cu Titlul de Membră de Onoare şi decorată cu Medalia de Aur de către Casa del Poeta Peruano, Lima, Peru în cadrul celui de-al III-lea Festival Internaţional de Poezie din localitatea Huari, Peru, pentru opera sa poetică şi pentru contribuţia sa la promovarea culturii în lume, Septembrie 2010.
Flavia Cosma este directoarea Reședinței Internaționale pentru Scriitori și Artisti, Val-David, Quebec, Canada
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Cărțile Flaviei Cosma în limba română:
- POVEŞTI SUB CLAR DE LUNĂ/ CONTES DE FÉES, Fairy Tales (bilingual Romanian/French), Ars Longa Press, 2009, Iaşi Romania
- NEANT BINEVOITOR, (BENEVOLENT ABYSS), poems by Flavia Cosma, Semne Press, 2007, Bucharest, România
- CÂNTECE LA MAREA EGEE, (SONGS AT THE AEGEAN SEA)
Ars Longa
Iasi, Romania, 2007
- TEATRU PENTRU COPII MICI ŞI MARI, (CHILDREN’S PLAYS), Biblioteca Revistei Familia, 2007, Oradea, România
- IN BRAŢELE TATĂLUI (IN THE ARMS OF THE FATHER), poeme, 2006, Editura Cogito, Oradea România
- RHODOS SAU RHODES SAU RODI, Jurnal Sentimental, (A Travel Memoir), 2005, Editura Limes, Cluj, România
- JURNAL (LEAVES OF A DIARY), poeme, 2004, Cogito Press, Oradea, România
- AMAR DE PRIMĂVARĂ (BITTERNESS OF SPRING), poeme, 2003, România Libera Press, Bucharest, România
- CINĂ CU DEMONI (DINING WITH DEMONS), poeme, 1999, Eminescu Press, Bucharest, România
- PĂSĂRI ŞI ALTE VISE (BIRDS AND OTHER DREAMS), poeme, 1997, Eminescu Press, Bucharest, România
Lista completă a cărților Flaviei Cosma
Anthologii:
- Citadela, Satu Mare, Romania, Sept. 2007 (Cerul de Lapte, Trei Inimi)
- Variety Crossing Volume 9, Toronto, 2007 (The Word)
- Murmurs of Voices / Murmure des voix / Murmurul Vocilor, Cogito Publishing House, 2007:
(Bilingual Poems by Flavia Cosma: The Oldest of the Old, Nocturnal Silence, Resurrection, If I Could Be..., In the Arms of the Father; also translations by Flavia Cosma of poems by Gloria Mindock, George Elliott Clarke, Dae-Tong Huh)
- A Canadian Anthology of Poetry - Butterfly Thunder, A Beret Days Book, 2007
(Blind Bird and The Moon's Body)
- Verse Afire, Tri-Annual Publication of The Ontario Poetry Society (Leaves of a Diary 18)
- Citadela, Literary Magazine, Satu-Mare, Romania
(Translations by Flavia Cosma of two poems by Gloria Mindock)
- Istanbul Literary Review - September 2007
a. (Poems: Beyond, Lament, Stones-Words, Hazy Twilight, Under the Cover of Time, also, excerpt of: Rhodes or Rhodos or Rodi - Travel memoir by Flavia Cosma)
- Earls Court e-zine (Appointment)
- Poetry Salzburg Review, Nr. 10, Autumn, 2006 (Solitude and Remoteness)
- Unlocking the Muse, Beret Days Press, 2006 (Ask Me)
- CAA Anthology, Nov. 16, 2006 (Manege Aquatic, In The Afternoon, The Rain Descends, The Lesson, Sculpture)
- Poesia, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 2005 (Night of Autumn, Nocturnal Silence)
- Anthology Amor Olvidado, El Centro de Estudios Poeticos, Madrid, Spain (La Estacion del Amor)
- Canadian Women's Studies, Toronto, Canada, October 2005 (Bullfight)
- UNLOCKING THE MUSE, TOPS, 2005
- ABSINTHE, New European Writing, 2005
- Variety Crossing, Toronto, 2005
- Parameter, Manchester, UK Vol. 1, September, 2005 (Of Late Autumn, Resurrection, Separation)
- Clepsidra cu Marturii, ed. Adam, 2003, Bucuresti, Romania
- Aurora 2003, Oradea, Romania
- Literatura Na Swiecie, 1998, Warszawa, Poland
- KCL Modern Poetry In Translation, 1994-95
- LIPS - International Women Poets 1993, Montclair, NJ, USA
- Poetry East 1990, Depaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Canadian Women Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada, 1989
- Liberte, Montreal, Canada, 1988
Afilieri artistice și literare
- League of Canadian Poets
- Writers' Union of Romania
- The Academy of American Poets
- The Writers' Union of Canada
- Pen International - Canada
- British Comparative Literature Association
- The Ontario Poetry Society
- The Canadian Ethnic Media Association
- Canadian Authors Association
- Writers and Editors Network, Toronto
Traduceri
- POEME INCENDIARE (BURNING POEMS), poems by George Elliott Clarke, 2006, Editura Cogito, Oradea, Romania, ISBN 973-8032-48-2, 86 pages
(English/Romanian)
- A SETTLEMENT OF WORDS (AŞEZARE DE VORBE), poems by Ioan Tepelea, 2009, Červená Barva Press, W. Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, a chapbook, 24 pages (Romanian/English)
- NIMIC PENTRU AICI, NIMIC PENTRU DINCOLO (NADA POR AQUI, NADA POR ALLA), poems by Luis Raul Calvo, 2009, Editura Gens Latina, Alba Iulia, Romania, ISBN 976-606-92026-2-3, 68 pages (Spanish/Romanian)
- LA PORŢILE RAIULUI (AT THE HEAVEN’S GATES), poems by Gloria Mindock, Editura Ars Longa, Iasi, Romania, (English/Romanian) 2010.
PROFANE UNCERTAINTIES (PROFANOS INCERTIDUMBRES), poems by Luis Raul Calvo, Červená Barva Press, W. Somerville, Massachusetts, USA (Spanish/ English), 2010
Documentarii TV
Writing, Producing and Directing
- "Romania, A Country At The Crossroads"
Canadian Scene National Award for TV Documentary, 1991
- "Freedom Sweet Dream" A look at post-revolution Romania, 1992
- "The Scott Mission of Toronto, A Miracle on Spadina Avenue", 1995
Piese de teatru pentru copii
Writing, Producing and Directing
- "The Legend of the Sunflower", 1970, Children's Radio Drama, Bucharest, Romania
- "The Four Brothers", 1971, Children's Radio Drama, Bucharest, Romania
- "Folk Tales", 1971, Children's Radio Drama, Bucharest, Romania
- "Three Folk Tales", 1980, Sainte Marguerite Bourgeouys Catholic School, Toronto, Ontario
Recitaluri
- March 4, 2009 - Noches de Poesia, Montreal
- February 6, 2009 - Laurentian University, Sudbury
- February 27, 2009 - Nellie's Shelter
- December 3, 2007 Poetry Reading - Cooked and Eaten Events, 2007-08 season - Cervantes Restaurant, 211 Hunter St. W. Peterborough, ON 7:30pm
- May 16, 2007, Flavia read at a poetry reading presented by DRAFT
- February 14, 2007 reading and lecturing about poetry at Nellie's Women's Shelter, Toronto
- Author Series - Deer Park Library "Flavia Cosma, a renowned Romanian poet, read from her ninth book of poetry Leaves of a Diary" Wednesday, November 1, 2006
- September 9, 2006: Flavia Cosma read at the Vaughan Poets' Circle
- September 6, 2006 Literary Soiree: Flavia Cosma read from her latest books at the Romanian Association ARTA - Kitchner and Banatul Romanian Cultural Centre (Event sponsored by The Writer's Union of Canada)
- Flavia read at Poetry in Translation, Art Bar, November 22, 2005, Toronto, Ontario
- Launching of Jurnal and Amar de Primavara, December 18, 2005, Waterloo, Ontario
- Launching of Fata Morgana at Coffee Mill, Toronto, 2003
- Launching of Wormwood Wine at the Centre for the East European Studies, University of Toronto, February 2002
- Reading at Carpathian Books Literary Event, Toronto, Jan. 1994
- Visiting Writers Program, Sunny College at Farmingdale, NY December 1992
- Reading Series at the United Nations, New York, June 1991
- Bridging the Waters, an International Festival of Poetry and Writing in Translation, Passaic College, Paterson, New Jersey, March 18, 1989
- 11th Annual Conference of the American Literary Translators Association, New York, October 19-22, 1988
- Reading at Innis College Town Hall, U of Toronto, Nov. 25, 1987
- Une Nuite de Poesie, Semaine Francophone a Toronto, Oct. 1987
- Three Folk Tales by Flavia Cosma, directed by Flavia Cosma, at Blessed Marguerite Bourgeoys Catholic School, May-June 1980
Drepturile omului
- October 27, 2007 Speaking about Human Rights in Multicultural Canada and The Condition of Writers In Exile at the University of Bucharest, Romania
- October 20, 2007 Speaking about Human Rights in Multicultural Canada and The Condition of Writers In Exile at the University of the North, Baia Mare, Romania
- October 18, 2007 Speaking about Human Rights in Multicultural Canada and The Condition of Writers In Exile at the University of Iaşi, Romania
- May 1, 2007, 10:00am - speaking on Human Rights to students at Henry Hudson Public School, Scarborough
- May 8, 2007 "Reality Day" Flavia Cosma spoke about television documentary production at a career day event, at J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate, Ajax, ON
- December 6, 2006, speaking to 100 students at Cornell Jr. Public School, about Human Rights and Refugee Camps.
- April 10, speaking about Human Rights in a Totalitarian State at Banting and Best School, Scarborough, ON, to grade 5 students.
- April 7, reading from "Leaves of a Diary" and speaking about poetry at Leaside High School, to grade 12 and 13 students
- March 7, 2006, speaking of life in a Totalitarian Society to grade 7 and 8 students, at St. Marguerite d'Youville School, Richmond Hill, ON.
- Talking about Refugee Camps in Europe: Jan. 12, 2006, Leaside High School, two separate groups, grade 12 and grade 10/gifted students
- Reflections of Human Rights: Dec. 17, 2005, Dallington Public School, speaking to grade 5 and 6 students
Writer-in-Residence
- Flavia was invited to write at the International Writers' and Translators' Centre "Waves of the Three Seas" in the island of Rhodes, from September 16 to October 16, 2007
- Santa Fe Art Institute, July 1 to August 1 2007
- International Writers' and Translators' Centre, Rhodes - March 6 to March 31 2005
- International Writers' and Translators' Centre, Rhodes - June 20 to July 12 2006