Gellu Naum (August 1, 1915-September 29, 2001) was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group. The artist Lyggia Naum, his wife, was the inspiration and main character in his 1985 novel Zenobia.

Biography

Drumeţul incendiar ("The Incendiary Traveler"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1936
Vasco de Gama, (poems, illustrated by Jacques Hérold), Bucharest, 1940
Culoarul somnului, ("The Corridor of Sleep"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1944
Medium (prose), Bucharest, 1945
Critica mizeriei ("Critique of Misery"; manifesto, co-written with Paul Păun and Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1945
Teribilul interzis ("The Terrible Forbidden"; drama, illustrated by Paul Păun), Bucharest, 1945
Spectrul longevităţii: 122 de cadavre ("The Specter of Longevity: 122 corpses"; drama, co-written with Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1946
Castelul Orbilor ("Castle of the Blind"; drama), Bucharest, 1946
L'infra-noir ("Infra-Black"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, Virgil Teodorescu, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947
Éloge de Malombra - Cerne de l'amour absolu ("Malombra's Eulogy - Black Circle of Absolute Love"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947
Athanor (poems), Bucharest, 1968
Poetizaţi, poetizaţi... ("Poeticize, Poeticize..."; prose), Bucharest, 1970
Copacul-animal ("The Animal-Tree"; poems), Bucharest, 1971
Tatăl meu obosit ("My Tired Father"; poems), Bucharest, 1972
Poeme alese ("Selected Poems"; poems), Bucharest, 1974
Cărţile cu Apolodor ("The Apolodor Books", poems for children), Bucharest, 1975
Descrierea turnului ("Description of the Tower"; poems), Bucharest, 1975
Insula. Ceasornicăria Taus. Poate Eleonora ("The Island. The Taus Clockmakers. Eleonora, Perhaps"; drama), Bucharest, 1979
Partea cealaltă ("The Other Side"; poems), Bucharest, 1980
Zenobia (novel), Bucharest, 1985
Malul albastru ("The Blue Shore; prose), Bucharest, 1990
Faţa şi suprafaţa, urmat de Malul albastru ("Face and Surface, followed by The Blue Shore", poems), Bucharest, 1994
Focul negru ("Black Fire"; poems), Bucharest, 1995
Sora fântână ("Sister Fountain"; poems), Bucharest, 1995
Întrebătorul ("The Inquirer"; prose), Bucharest, 1996
Copacul-animal, urmat de Avantajul vertebrelor ("The Animal-Tree, followed by The Advantage of Vertebrae"), Cluj-Napoca, 2000
Ascet la baraca de tir ("Recluse in the Firing Range Shack"; poems), Bucharest, 2000