POETRY

Born in Prundu Bârgăului, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania, Ioana Ilieși is a primary school teacher at “Radu Petrescu” Theoretical High School in Prundu Bârgăului, Bistrița-Năsăud. She is the author of the following volumes of Poetry: "Ț𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮ă𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘢-𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘵" (I Keep Spring in my Heart), Solon Publishing House, May 20, 2021; "𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘪" (Exile of the Soul), a bilingual volume in Romanian and Albanian, translated by Baki Ymeri, Solon Publishing House, 2021; "𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘪" (The Magic of the Violin), launched on June 24, 2022, in Bistrița, Solon Publishing House; "𝘛ă𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮ă𝘳𝘪" (Secret Calls), published by the European Writers’ Publishing House, Buzău, launched on December 2, 2023, in Iași. Ioana Ilieși has also published a collection of stories, riddles, and poems for children, parents, and grandparents: "𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵. 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦ș𝘵𝘪, 𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪, 𝘱ă𝘳𝘪𝘯ț𝘪, 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪"(The Enchanted Pen — Stories, riddles, poems for kids, parents, grandparents) launched on June 24, 2022, in Bistrița, Solon Publishing House; During the last two years Ioana Ilieși won major awards: Third Place at the International Literature Competition "𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘳"(Golden Feather), First Edition, Balchik, Bulgaria, September 24, 2022; Fourth Place at the 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 in Italy, in the prose section, for the children’s story "𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵"(The Magic Pen), from the volume of the same name, Naples, 2022; Olympic Champion — Poetry, First Prize at the 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘥, with the award ceremony held on November 5, 2022, in Predeal, Romania; Grand Prize at the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴, organized in 2022 by Milica Paulus and the World Poets’ Association.