Rodica Bretin

Rodica Bretin (born 6 November 1958) is a Romanian writer specialized in history and fantastic literature.

Rodica Bretin was born in Brasov and since 1982 is living in Bucharest. A renowned writer in Romania and Eastern Europe, Rodica Bretin has been a member of the Romanian Writers Union (USR) since 1991 and Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain) since 1996. She is also a scientific researcher, specialised in history, having participated at historical and archaeological campaigns in: Transylvania, Romania (1996), Languedoc, France (1998) and Milano, Italy (2002).

Works

Fiction books

• The Holographic Effect (Effect Holografic) (Albatros Publishing House, 1985)
• The White Hawk (Soimul Alb) (Facla Publishing House, 1987)
• The Giant (Uriasul cel Bun) (Ion Creanga Publishing House, 1989)
• The Neverending Road (Drumul fara Sfarsit) (Baricada Publishing House, 1991)
• The One who Comes from the Shadow (Cel care vine din Urma) (Baricada Publishing House, 1993)
• The World of Hind (Lumea lui Hind) (Coresi Publishing House, 1998)
• The Sand Man (Omul de Nisip) (Image Publishing House, 2000)
• The Iron Maiden (Fecioara de Fier) (Coresi Publishing House, 2002; second edition, Pocket Book Publishing House, 2006; third edition Eagle Publishing House, 2015)
• The City Without Past (Cetatea fără trecut) (Nemira Publishing House, 2015)

History books

• The Files of the Impossible (Dosarele Imposibilului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
• The Tunnel of Time (Tunelul Timpului) (Pocket Book, 2003)
• The Witches' Gate (Poarta Vrajitoarelor) (Pocket Book, 2004, Nemira Publishing House 2015)
• Poltergeist: The Invisible Foes (Poltergeist: atacatori invizibili) (Pocket Book, 2005)
• The Mystery of the Parallel Worlds (Misterul Lumilor Paralele) (Pocket Book, 2006)
• Marooned in Time (Naufragiati in Timp) (Pocket Book, 2006)
• Voyages in timp and parallel worlds (Calatorii in timp si Lumi paralele, Nemira Publishing House 2015)
• The Chronicles of the Impossible (Cronicile Imposibilului, Ed.ePublishers, 2015)
• The Vikings - Warrior of the Nord (Razboinicii Nordului, Ed.ePublishers, 2015)

Anthologist

• Anthologist and translator of the main-stream/fantastic literature anthologies:
• Chronicles from the Forbbiden Worlds (2003)
• Hunters of the Other World (2006)
• Co-anthologist at the Antares anthologies with Dan Apostol, 4 volumes (1991–1995), specialised on ancient civilisations, unexplained phenomena and fantastic literature.

Translation works

• Dale Cooper, by S.Frost, 1993
• Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H.Lawrence, 1993
• La Feline Geante, by J.H.Rosny Aine, 1993
• Dans le Ombre de la Guillotine, by O.LeBaron, 1994

Literary Awards

• Award for the Best Foreign Story for the fantastic story The Darkness, at the International Festival of Fantastic Art (Annecy, France, 1996)
• Volaverunt Award for the fantastic story The Conquistador, at the Festival of Valencia (Spain, 2001)
• Award for the Best Foreign Novel awarded by Fantasia Art Association (Cornwall, Great Britain, 2005) for the historical novel The Iron Maiden

See also

• List of Romanian writers

References

• John Clute, Peter Nicholls:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Orbit, London, 1993
• Nemira's Dictionary of Fantasy&Science-Fiction Romanian Writers, Nemira, Bucharest, 1999
• CDB's Catalogue of Authors, Pocket Book Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006
• Jean-Pierre Moumon: Antares Anthologies, La Valette, France, 1987 and 2008
• The Historian, Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain, 2006
• Romanian Writers Union site www.uniunea scriitorilor.ro/Bucharest/main-stream
• Today's Romanian Writers, Gates of the Orient Publishing House, Iasi, 2011
• Contemporanian Romanian Autors, Arial Publishing House, Ploiești, Romania, 2013
• Personalities from contemporary romanian women, Meronia Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013