BIOGRAPHY

Anamaria Beligan is a Romanian-born writer currently living in Melbourne. She writes in English and Romanian. She also writes, produces and directs films. She is co-proprietor of The Athanor, an independent film/video and multimedia production company.

Anamaria is a graduate of the Film Academy in Bucharest and has a Masters in Applied Linguistics (Monash University). Her writings appeared in Australian publications such as: Quadrant, Picador New Writing, RePublica, Voices, University of Queensland Press; in Romanian publications, such as: Literatorul, Moftul Roman, Ramuri, Luceafarul, Orizont, ARC, Vatra, Familia; and in online publications (Exquisite Corpse, Respiro, Lolocur).

A collection of her stories, entitled "A Few More Minutes with Monica Vitti", was published by Polirom (Romania) in 1998 and by Equator Publishers (Melbourne) in 2002 and was very well received by the critics, being shortlisted for the 2003 Steele Rudd Best Short Story Collection Award.

Anamaria’s first novel, "Letters to Monalisa", was published by Polirom (Romania), in 1999, and featured on the national best seller lists for several months. A second collection of short stories, entitled "Love is a Trabant", was published by Curtea Veche (Romania) in 2003, and is soon to be released in English.

Another novel, "motherbena.com", appeared in Australia in September 2006. Its Romanian translation was launched in Bucharest and Timisoara in November 2005.

Anamaria's third novel, "Windermere: Love at Second Sight", was launched in Romania in October 2009 and has received excellent reviews. The English version will be launched at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 28 August 2010.
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The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has generously supported many of Anamaria’s projects.