Gelu Vlașin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gelu Vlașin

Poet and novelist

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1966

Place of Birth: Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gelu Vla?in (born 30 August 1966) is a Romanian poet and essayist. Born in Telciu, Bistrita-Nasaud County, Romania on 30 August 1966, he is married to Cristina Maria Vlasin (music teacher and jazz singer) and has a son Darius Andrei Vlasin (born in Madrid on 4 December 2009).
Had his literary debut in România Literara Magazine 16/1999, with an introduction made by Nicolae Manolescu; his editorial debut was in 1999 with the poetry volume Tratat la psihiatrie (Cured at Psychiatry), published at Vinea Publisher, Bucharest, with a preface by Nicolae Manolescu and an afterword by Paul Cernat; The volume won the award of the debut section of the Bucharest Writers Association in 1999 and was a nominee at the Romanian Union of Writers Awards, 1999.