Plural is an English-language book-format (since 2008, online) magazine published under the aegis of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, Romania (with branches in: Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Szeged, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw). The first issue came out in 1999.
Its chief objective is to offer English (and, in special editions, other languages) speakers – students and teachers, individuals and organizations – interested in various aspects of Romanian life a comprehensive, balanced and ever-broadening perspective on a variety of subjects, through fiction, articles, and essays by classic and contemporary authors, as well as graphic art and photographs. In this respect, Plural is unique among Romanian periodicals.
Themes and domains covered so far include literature, history, art and architecture, anthropology, sociology, ethnography, philosophy, science, music and choreography, minorities, children, the environment, and many more. Beginning with 2005, the translations have been supervised (and some of them made) by native English speakers.
In 2008, Plural went online, with the editors’ intention to make www.plural-magazine.com the largest English-language online database of Romanian culture and civilization and a prime source of reference. Significant portions from the 31 issues printed until 2008 are incorporated into the website, to which new, exciting themes continue to be added, as well as links to relevant websites and video and sound clips, while Plural remains open to suggestions and proposals.
Editors: Aurora Fabritius (Chief Editor) Adrian Solomon Erwin Kessler
Readers: Steve Hughes (since 2005) Adrian Solomon
Art Director: Arina Stoenescu
Cover design 1999-2004: Anamaria Smigelschi
Upload management: Daniela Oancea Adrian Solomon
English translators:
Oana Ariton (Pancu) Ioana Bâldea Maria Bebis Florin Bican Sebastian Bican Liviu Bleoca Alistair Ian Blyth Andreea Calugăriţă Alina Cârâc Brînduşa Ciugudean Dana Crăciun Andreea Diaconu Mariana Dinu
Luciana Dobre
Anca Dumitriu Max Gavrilciuc Ariadna Grădinaru (Ponta) Jeanie Han Jean A. Harris Steve Hughes Monica Manolachi Iunia Martin Dan Mateescu
Other English translators who contributed to Plural: Bernard Adams Ida Alexandrescu S. Alexandridi Aurelia Anghel Andrei Bantaş Aaryn Bastic Constantin Virgil Bănescu Zsuzsa Bereschi Maria Blănari Adrian Bleoca Gabriela Burcea Michi Constantinescu Fărcaş Monica Cure Stavros Deligiorgis Dorina Enciu Georgiana Fărnoagă Monica Gâza Erika Grün Robin Hardie Ilinca Iuraşcu Sharon King Oana Matei Kevin McCarthy Mona Momescu Daniela Neacşu Bogdan Perdivară Delia Radu Alina Samoilă Jacob Sonntag Rodica Ştefan Ela Vătavu Steven Winfield
French issue L'autre langue notre:
COLLABORATEURS Vali Andrei Simona Brânzaru Luminiţa Letiţia Constantin Ion Creţu Eugenia Gheorghe Oana Pocovnicu
REVISION Dan Ioan Nasta Sofia L. Oprescu
Spanish issue La confesión, forma de diálogo translators: José Maria Bermejo Alexandru Calciu Alin Genescu Gruia Novac Darie Novăceanu Sanda Popescu Cornelia Rădulescu Adriana Steriopol Tudora Şandru-Mehedinţi Ioana Zlotescu Simatu
