The title of the book, “Eternal Returning”, constitutes first and foremost an element of understanding that brings us close to the Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal return, which we could interpret here as belonging to an Heidegger-inspired train of thought, where a human being becomes the Dionysian owner of all things. And just under this perspective, wonderful glimpses of the passage of time are coming to life, filtered through Flavia’s particular sensitivity.

Flavia Cosma is an award winning Romanian-born Canadian poet, author and translator. She has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. Later she studied Drama at the Community School of Arts—Bucharest, Romania. She is also an award winning independent television documentary producer, director, and writer, and has published thirty three books of poetry, a novel, a travel memoir and five books for children. Her work has been represented in numerous anthologies in various countries and languages, and her book, 47 Poems, (Texas Tech University Press) received the ALTA Richard Wilbur Poetry in Translation Prize. Cosma was nominated three times for The Pushcart Prize with poems from Leaves of a Diary (2006), The Season of Love (2008) and Thus Spoke the Sea (2008). Flavia Cosma was awarded Third Prize in the John Dryden Translation Competition - 2007, for translating In The Arms of The Father, poems by Flavia Cosma, (British Comparative Literature Association & British Literary Translation Centre). Cosma’s Songs at the Aegean Sea made the Short List in the Canadian Aid Literary Awards Contest, Dec. 2007.

Cosma’s poetry book Leaves of a Diary was studied at the University of Toronto E. J. Pratt Canadian Literature during the school year 2007-2008 (Professor George Elliott Clarke). Her poetry book, Thus Spoke the Sea, was taught during the Spring 2014 semester by professor Alan Britt at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Her poetry book The Latin Quarter, was studied at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the school year 2016-2017— English 261 (Elements of Poetry) class, Professor Alan Britt). Flavia Cosma has translated into Romanian, English and Spanish more than 10 internationally renowned contemporary writers from Europe, Canada, USA and Latin America. Flavia Cosma received the Title of Excellence for her outstanding contribution in the promotion and enrichment of the Romanian culture within the European region and throughout the world, awarded by The International Festival “Lucian Blaga”, XXIX edition, Sebeş-Alba, Romania, 2009. Flavia was decorated with the Golden Medal and was appointed Honorary Member by the Casa del Poeta Peruano, Lima, Peru, 2010, for her poetry and her work as an international cultural promoter. Flavia Cosma was declared HUESPEDE DISTINGUIDO (Distinguished Guest) by the City of Federación, Provincia Entre Rios, Argentina on the occasion of her participation in the Fourth International Encounter “Escritores sin Fronteras” at Casa de la Cultura Municipal, Federación, Entre Rios, – March17 and 18, 2017. Flavia Cosma was a WINNER OF THE POETIC BOND POETS’ CHOICE AWARD 2017 with the poem “I Gathered it All...” Her poems appeared in the international poetry anthology THE POETIC BOND VII, Nov. 2017

Flavia Cosma is the Director of the International Writers’ and Artists’ Residence at Val-David, Quebec, Canada www.flaviacosma.com/ Val_David.html, and the Director of the Biannual International Festivals at Val-David. Flavia is the International Editor at Červená Barva Press, Somerville, MA, USA.