Andrei Anastasescu was born in 1981 in Râmnicu-Vâlcea (Romania). He studied German language and literature studies, Dutch studies and literary translation in Bucharest and worked as a reader. He now works as a member of the German Book Information Centre and as a translator of German and Durch literature in Bucharest. From German he has translated
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (title of the English translation:
The New Sorrows of the Young Werther) by Ulrich Plenzdorf,
Heimsuchung (title of the English translation:
Visitation) by Jenny Erpenbeck and
Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert (title of the English translation:
Berlin Childhood Around 1900)
by Walter Benjamin; from Dutch
Schaduwkind (title of the English translation:
Shadow Child)
by P. F. Thomése,
Een schitterend gebrek (title of the English translation:
In Lucia’s Eyes) by Arthur Japin and
De passievrucht (title of the English translation:
The Passion Fruit)
by Karel Glastra van Loon.
