Co?ovei (Romanian pronunciation: [tra'jan ko?o'vej]; 28 November 1954 in Polovragi – 1 January 2014 in Bucharest) was a Romanian poet.
He was a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
The son of writer Traian Co?ovei and Maria Urdareanu, he graduated from the Department of Romanian Language and Literature in 1979.
He wrote a thesis on the Beat Generation.A so-called "80s Generation" writer, he was a member of the "Monday Literary Circle" led by Nicolae Manolescu, and of the literary circle led by Ovid S.
Crohmalniceanu.Co?ovei's literary debut came in 1978 with the publication of a story in the magazine Literary Romania.
The following year, he began editing the Romanian Paper.
In 1980 he became a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
In 1996 he was appointed in the National Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest, a job he held until his death.Co?ovei died on 1 January 2014, at the age of 59.