The database “Italian writers translated into Romanian: 1990-2023”. Analysis and proposals

The article presents the database Italian writers translated into Romanian: 1990-2023, created and edited by Afrodita Carmen Cionchin, which can be consulted online in the bilingual intercultural magazine “Orizzonti culturali italo-romeni / Orizonturi culturale italo-române”. This is the first vast study that offers a bird’s eye view on the reception of Italian literature in Romania in the years 1990-2023, quantitatively analyzing translations, which exceed 2.200 publications, for a total of 290 publishers. The author lists the most translated Italian books (and first editions) and classifies Romanian publishing houses based on the number of Italian titles published, through targeted observations, reports and proposals.