About
Claudia Befu was born in Bucharest in 1981 at 340 ppm. Having studied translation at the University of Vienna and screenwriting at Falmouth University in the UK, she brings both linguistic precision and a cinematic eye to literary climate fiction. Her work explores society, technology, nature, and the future of life on Earth.
The Dust Road is her debut novel, part of the Museum of Life universe—from Earth’s last forest to humanity’s final archive among the stars.
Bibliography
Listed in reverse chronological order.
2026
- The Dust Road — mosaic novel, first novel in the Museum of Life universe, Story Voyager, 2026 (ISBN 978-3-200-11042-7).
2024
- Ice — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
- Initiation — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
- Ladybug — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
- Sinking — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
- Smuggler — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
- Illegal — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2024.
2023
- Welcome To Gulmohur — short fiction from the Museum of Life universe, Cognitive Ecology, 2023.
2018
- The Roommate — theater play produced by Center for Culture and Arts Carmen Saeculare, Neamț, Romania, 2018.
2012
- Selected Poetry — published in the anthology Writers from Neamț (Scriitori din Neamț), Răzeșu / Writers Society of Neamț County, 2012.
2010
- Selected Poetry — Fixpoetry, Germany, 2010 (translated into German by Franciska Ricinski).
- Selected Poetry — MATRIX, Vienna, Austria, 2010 (translated into German by Franciska Ricinski).
- Selected Poetry — Antiteze: Magazine for Literature and Art, Neamț, Romania, 2010.
- Friederike Mayröcker: Selected Poetry — translated from German into Romanian, Convorbiri Literare, 2010.
- Julietta Fix: Selected Poetry — translated from German into Romanian, Antiteze: Magazine for Literature and Art, Neamț, Romania, 2010.
- Peter Rühmkorf: Author Interview by Francisca Ricinski — translated from German into Romanian, Convorbiri Literare, 2010.
2000
- First Prize for Poetry — Competition for Literary Creation “Iulia Hasdeu”, organized by the Writers’ Union in Chișinău and the Romanian Cultural Foundation (Bucharest), Republic of Moldova, 2000.
- Selected Poetry — Literatura și Arta, Limba Română, Florile Dalbe, Clipa Siderală, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, 2000.