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Bogdan Ghiu (born Bogdan Victor Ghiu on 5 July 1958, Bucharest) is a contemporary Romanian poet, essayist and translator associated in the 1980's with Cenaclul de luni and textualism. His debut volume, Manualul autorului ("Author's Manual"), was released only in 1989, but poems from this volume and not only had already appeared in the collective volumes Cinci (1982) and Nouă poeți (1984). He is currently known also for his numerous translations from contemporary French philosophy (Bataille, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Bourdieu, Baudrillard etc.) and his activity as an editor of the magazine Idea.