Traian Co?ovei (24 March 1921, Somova, Tulcea County - 16 July 1993, Bucharest) was a Romanian writer and poet.
Traian Co?ovei was born in the Danube Delta in a fisherman's family, and graduated from the Letters and Philosophy Department of the University of Bucharest in 1947.A follower of socialist realism, he is known for having written highly positive reportages and journey accounts from his trip to the Soviet Union, and for having compared Nicolae Ceau?escu to national bard Mihai Eminescu.The school in his home village is called in his honor.He is the father of Traian T.