List of Romanian writers

Literature

Old literature

• Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521)
• Mihail Moxa (1550–before 1650)
• Dosoftei (1624–1693)
• Grigore Ureche (1590–1647)
• Miron Costin (1633–1691)
• Ion Neculce (1672–1744)
• Antim Ivireanul (1650–1717)
• Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716)
• Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723)
• Costache Conachi (1778-1849)
• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)

Transylvanian School (Școala Ardeleană)

• Samuil Micu-Klein (1745–1806)
• Gheorghe Șincai (1754-1816)
• Petru Maior (1756-1821)
• Ion Budai-Deleanu (1760-1820)

19th century

Romantic writers

• Dinicu Golescu (1777–1830)
• Anton Pann (1790s–1854)
• Ion Heliade-Rădulescu (1802–1872)
• Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885)
• Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1868)
• Ion Ghica (1817–1897)
• Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865)
• Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
• Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838–1907)
• Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887)
• Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895)
• Alecu Russo (1819–1859)
• Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881)
• Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918)
• Octavian Goga (1881–1938)
• Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
• Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920)
• George Coșbuc (1866–1918)

The classics

• Ion Creangă (1839–1889)
• Ioan Slavici (1848–1925)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
• Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)

Inter-war literature

Transition literature

• Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858–1922)
• Alexandru Davila (1862–1929)
• Gala Galaction (1879–1961)
• Constantin Stere (1865–1936)
• Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940)
• George Topîrceanu (1886–1937)

Analytical prose

• Anton Holban (1902–1937)
• Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)
• Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
• Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)

Realist prose

• Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964)
• Eugeniu Botez (1877–1933)
• Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1943)
• Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)
• Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)
• Mihail Sadoveanu (1889–1961)
• Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
• George Călinescu (1899–1965)
• Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)

Poetic novels

• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
• Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)

Fantastic prose

• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
• Max Blecher (1909–1938)
• Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
• Gellu Naum (1915–2001)

Great poets

• George Bacovia (1881–1957)
• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
• Ion Barbu (1895–1961)
• Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
• Ion Vinea (1895–1964)
• Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
• Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)

Others

• Urmuz (1883–1923)
• Ion Grămadă (1886–1917)
• Panait Istrati (1884–1935)
• Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954)
• Victor Eftimiu (1889–1972)
• Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970)
• George Ciprian (1883–1968)
• Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
• Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
• Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
• Martha Bibescu (1886–1973)
• Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947)

Post-war period

Mainstream prose

• Radu Tudoran (1910–1992)
• Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
• Emil Botta (1911–1977)
• Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
• Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
• Marin Preda (1922–1980)
• Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002)
• Petru Dumitriu (1924–2002)
• Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
• A. E. Baconsky (1925–1977)
• Eugen Barbu (1924–1993)
• Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
• Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933–1977)
• Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
• Marin Preda (1922–1980)
• Dinu Săraru (born 1932)
• Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
• Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000)
• Titus Popovici (1930–1994)
• Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003)
• Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
• Doina Ruști (born 1957)
• Valentin Serbu (1933–1994)

Prose

• Geo Bogza (1908–1993)
• Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991)
• Radu Tudoran (1917–1992)
• Haralamb Zincă (1923–2008)
• Doru Davidovici (1945–1989)

Poetry

• Mihai Beniuc (1907–1998)
• Leonid Dimov (1926–1987)
• Carmen Firan (born 1958)
• Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956)
• Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
• Marin Sorescu (1936–1996)
• Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983)
• Grete Tartler (born 1948)
• Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)
• Paul Damian (born 1995)

Romanian diaspora

• Matei Călinescu (born 1934)
• Andrei Codrescu (born 1946)
• Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
• Paul Goma (1935–2020)
• Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
• Dumitru Țepeneag (born 1937)
• Herta Müller (born 1953)
• Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

Contemporary writers

• Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005)
• Octavian Paler (1927–2007)
• Domokos Bölöni (born 1946)
• Augustin Buzura (born 1938)
• Mirel Cană (1957-2020), who also wrote as Șerban Alexandru
• Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942)
• Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955)
• T. O. Bobe (born 1969)
• Rodica Bretin (born 1958)
• Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
• Ion Hobana (born 1931)
• Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu (1939–2002)
• Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)
• Leonard Oprea (born 1953)
• Dora Pavel (born 1946)
• Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
• Filip Florian (born 1967)
• Doina Ruști (born 1957)
• Radu Aldulescu (born 1954)
• Dumitru Găleșanu (born 1955)
• Dan Lungu (born 1969)
• Gelu Vlașin (born 1966)
• Igor Ursenco (born 1971)
• Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

Essays and philosophy

20th century

• Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957)
• Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
• Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
• Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991)
• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
• Nae Ionescu (1890–1940)
• Constantin Noica (1909–1987)
• Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989)
• Petre Țuțea (1902–1991)
• Mircea Vulcănescu (1904–1952)

Contemporary

• Sorin Antohi (born 1957)
• Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942)
• Andrei Pleșu (born 1948)
• Doina Ruști (born 1957)
• Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)

Literary criticism

• Titu Maiorescu (1840–1917)
• Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1946)
• George Călinescu (1889–1965)
• Tudor Vianu (1897–1964)
• Șerban Cioculescu (1902–1988)
• Nicolae Manolescu (1939–2024)
• Virgil Nemoianu (1940–2025)

Drama

• Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912)
• Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)
• Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945)
• Tudor Mușatescu (1930–1980)
• Marin Sorescu (1936–1997)