Dorel Tătaru

Poet

Dorel Tătaru, poet and essayist, was born on March 30, 1972, in the Urecheni commune, Neamț County, Romania. He spent the first three years of his life in the Păstrăveni commune in Neamț County, after which he moved with his family to the city of Braşov and then to Hoghiz-Braşov. He studied at St. O. Iosif High School in Rupea-Braşov, Hidromecanica Industrial High School Braşov, and at the famous university Sextil Puşcariu Braşov. Currently, he lives in the Detroit, Michigan, suburbs. He has published poems in magazines that appear under the auspices of the Writers’ Union of Romania such as Poezia magazine from Iasi, Libris literary magazine from Braşov, Conta magazine from Piatra Neamț, the culture magazines Argeş and Caiete Silvane from Zalău as well as in other literary and cultural magazines from Romania and abroad; Gracious Light magazine (Lumină Lină) from New York, Conexiuni Culturale magazine from Cleveland, Vâlcea Culturală magazine, the literary and artistic magazine Cahulul from Bessarabia, and eCreator magazine from Baia Mare. From January 2023, he has collaborated on essays in Argeş magazine. 

He has published two volumes of poetry, Librarian, a Shot Wrapped in Paper! with Creator publishing house in Braşov in 2022 and Horseshoeing of Pegasus also in 2022 with Colorama publishing house in Cluj-Napoca. In 2025, he will publish his third volume of poetry and his first volume of essays, and he is currently working on his first novel, which is eagerly anticipated.

He received critical references from important writers such as Adrian Alui Gheorghe, Laurentiu-Ciprian Tudor, and Iulian Cătălui.