Monica Cure
@monicacure.bsky.social
Romanian-American poet, writer, translator, and dialogue specialist.
Latest translation: TOO GREAT A SKY by Liliana Corobca, Seven Stories Press
Upcoming translation: THE SUMMER MY MOTHER HAD GREEN EYES by Tatiana Tibuleac, Deep Vellum, 2026
Latest translation: TOO GREAT A SKY by Liliana Corobca, Seven Stories Press
Upcoming translation: THE SUMMER MY MOTHER HAD GREEN EYES by Tatiana Tibuleac, Deep Vellum, 2026
Hope is a force field.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hope is a force field.
Might as well see the beauty. Days of rain in Bucharest.
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Might as well see the beauty. Days of rain in Bucharest.
And we have a cover! I can't wait for everyone to be able to get their hands on my translation of Tatiana Tibuleac's incredible novel The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes. It comes out on January 13 from @deepvellum.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And we have a cover! I can't wait for everyone to be able to get their hands on my translation of Tatiana Tibuleac's incredible novel The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes. It comes out on January 13 from @deepvellum.bsky.social.
It's not too late to wish my fellow human translators Happy International Translation Day! (literal Romanian google translation reads, "can I drink fatback"). Also a good moment to remind everyone that translators are writers.
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's not too late to wish my fellow human translators Happy International Translation Day! (literal Romanian google translation reads, "can I drink fatback"). Also a good moment to remind everyone that translators are writers.
Doubly wonderful because @sevenstories.bsky.social/ @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social writer Liliana Corobca was there as well.
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Doubly wonderful because @sevenstories.bsky.social/ @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social writer Liliana Corobca was there as well.
A highlight this week was a fascinating talk on anthropology and biomedicine from Raluca Nagy - and a long awaited meeting! I translated a sample from her novel for the European Prize for Literature in 2022 and now learned how her fieldwork inspired it.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A highlight this week was a fascinating talk on anthropology and biomedicine from Raluca Nagy - and a long awaited meeting! I translated a sample from her novel for the European Prize for Literature in 2022 and now learned how her fieldwork inspired it.
euprizeliterature.eu/en/prize-aut...
euprizeliterature.eu/en/prize-aut...
A nice backdrop for my translation of Dan Coman's wonderful poem at the opening night of the Bucharest International Poetry Festival. Originally published in Plume Poetry plumepoetry.com/a-tall-bird/
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A nice backdrop for my translation of Dan Coman's wonderful poem at the opening night of the Bucharest International Poetry Festival. Originally published in Plume Poetry plumepoetry.com/a-tall-bird/
A happy jury! Congratulations to everyone on the short list and to Jeffrey Zuckerman, the winner of the 2025 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld (MacLehose) translated from the French
June 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A happy jury! Congratulations to everyone on the short list and to Jeffrey Zuckerman, the winner of the 2025 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld (MacLehose) translated from the French
Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!
June 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!
Mici after voting at Obor market with friends. We're hoping for the best.
May 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Mici after voting at Obor market with friends. We're hoping for the best.
Mood going into this election weekend here in Romania. Hoping we choose a president that will keep us connected to the rest of Europe, who will behave respectfully and act wisely and honestly for the common good. Vreau înainte, nu înapoi.
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Mood going into this election weekend here in Romania. Hoping we choose a president that will keep us connected to the rest of Europe, who will behave respectfully and act wisely and honestly for the common good. Vreau înainte, nu înapoi.
The pro-Europe march in Bucharest has started. I love seeing this support ahead of the upcoming elections. Romania becoming part of the EU is part of what allowed me to return here.
May 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The pro-Europe march in Bucharest has started. I love seeing this support ahead of the upcoming elections. Romania becoming part of the EU is part of what allowed me to return here.
I had an amazing time at the @penamerica.bsky.social World Voices Festival. The invitation to speak on the translation and censorship panel gave me the chance to reflect on the origins of the myth of "market demands" when it comes to translated literature.
May 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I had an amazing time at the @penamerica.bsky.social World Voices Festival. The invitation to speak on the translation and censorship panel gave me the chance to reflect on the origins of the myth of "market demands" when it comes to translated literature.
Molasses Books in Brooklyn. What a truly fortunate find on my search for coffee to fight my jet lag.
April 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Molasses Books in Brooklyn. What a truly fortunate find on my search for coffee to fight my jet lag.
A lovely place to wait for the bus to the airport on a Bucharest morning
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A lovely place to wait for the bus to the airport on a Bucharest morning
Excited on this World Book Day to invite you to join me at the @penamerica.bsky.social #worldvoicesfestival in NYC with @sawadhussain.bsky.social, Sandra Smith, and Michael Eskin for the panel “Translation on the Line: Censorship, Power, and the Politics of Language” on 5/3 @ 12:30PM
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Excited on this World Book Day to invite you to join me at the @penamerica.bsky.social #worldvoicesfestival in NYC with @sawadhussain.bsky.social, Sandra Smith, and Michael Eskin for the panel “Translation on the Line: Censorship, Power, and the Politics of Language” on 5/3 @ 12:30PM
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating!
April 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating!
Bucharest Easter mood
April 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Bucharest Easter mood
Gorgeous poems in a gorgeous place. Thank you, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @kenyonreview.bsky.social, @pleiadesmag.bsky.social #AWP25
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Gorgeous poems in a gorgeous place. Thank you, @adroitjournal.bsky.social, @kenyonreview.bsky.social, @pleiadesmag.bsky.social #AWP25