Plural is an English-language book-format 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 sometimes 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 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
Anca Dumitriu
Ariadna Grădinaru (Ponta)
Jeanie Han
Jean A. Harris
Steve Hughes
Monica Manolachi
Iunia Martin
Dan Mateescu
Daniela Oancea
Fabiola Popa
Alina Popescu
Adrian Solomon
Ioana Stamatescu
Ştefania Tarbu
Emanuel Vasiliu
Monica Voiculescu
Ioana Zirra
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
