Alexandra Ares

Alexandra Ares (born as Alexandra Grigorescu, Bucharest) is a bilingual Romanian American writer living in New York City. She is a columnist and editor of Manhattan Chronicles, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, TV producer/director and a former theater critic for print and television.
Life
Alexandra was born during the regime of , to a prolific playwright and poet father (Dinu Grigorescu) who later became the deputy Governor of Bucharest and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Romania, and a French teacher mother (Despina Grigorescu). After the fall of communism Alexandra enrolled at the Faculty of Theater and Drama in Bucharest (UNATC) where she received both her undergraduate degree and her PhD in 2007 while also working in TV. She was editor and scorer of TVR Theater before moving to New York in 1998 and changing her last name to Ares, through marriage. She become an American citizen in 2004, after a career including being a foreign correspondent for Romanian TV and a producer/writer for CBS.
She is a member of the Writers Union of Romania and of Dramatist Guild of America, and publisher of www.ManhattanChronicles.com. She currently works as a communications consultant in the UN system.
Works in English
Novels:
* "My Life on Craigslist" - Award Winner Finalist of USA Book Awards by USA Book News 2011, Ebook edition, InGenius Books, Smart Media New York, Paperback Trade Edition - ISBN 978-1-4609-8582-3
* "The Other Girl" - Winner of the Best Indie Novella Award by Next Generation Indie Awards 2012, Ebook and Paperback, InGenius Books, Smart Media New York/Create Space, ISBN 978-1-4609-9253-1
* "Dream Junkies" - Ebook and Paperback, Finalist of the Best Book of the Year Award (BOTYA), by ForeWord Reviews 2103, InGenius Books, Smart Media New York/Create Space, ISBN 978-1-4610-8703-8; ISBN 1-4610-8703-1
Essays:
* "Manhattan Chronicles" - Ebook, a collections of quirky essays, InGeniyus Books, 2013.
Plays:
*"Waking Beauty" - The English Version
Awards:
* Finalist of USA Book Awards by USA Book News 2011 (My Life on Craigslist)
* Winner of the Best Indie Novella Award by Next Generation Indie Awards 2012 (The Other Girl)
* Finalist of the Best Book of the Year Award (BOTYA) by ForeWord Reviews 2013 (Dream Junkies)
Works in Romanian
* "Sam Shepard - A Rebel of Rigoris Mortis" (nonfiction, Aldine Publishing House, Bucharest,2005)
* "Stranded in the past" (short stories, Editura Cartea Romaneasca, Bucharest 2005)
* "Waking Beauty" (a bilingual play, Ghepardul Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006)
* "Dream Junkies" (Polirom Publishing House, Romania, translated in Romanian by Larisa Copaceanu as "Visatoarele", 2008.)
Films
Her documentary films include: “A Certain State of Mind” 1995. “Les Danaides in New York” starred George Ivascu - 1997, “Profile Victor Rebengiuc” - 1993 and “Avignon 94” and “Avignon 95” - two films about the international theater festival of Avignon. 45 mins each.
All works in chronological order
• "Dream Junkies" (EN, written in 2005) - novel, Smart Media New York/Create Space, 2011
ISBN 978-1-4610-8703-8; ISBN 1-4610-8703-1
• "The Other Girl" (EN, written in 2010) - novel, Smart Media New York/Create Space, 2011
ISBN 978-1-4609-9253-1; ISBN 1-4609-9253-9
• "My Life on Craigslist" (EN written in 2009) - novel, Smart Media New York/Create Space, 2011
ISBN 978-1-4609-8582-3; ISBN 1-4609-8582-6
• "MenHeaven" - screenplay (EN, 2009-2010) unproduced, New York
• "Visatoarele" (RO, Dream Junkies, translation to Romanian by Larisa Copaceanu) - novel, Polirom, 2008, Bucharest
ISBN 978-973-46-1053-2
• "Teatrul American 1980-Present" (RO) - Teza de Doctorat Bucharest, UNATC, 2007
ISBN N/A
• "Frumoasa Adormita si Trezita/Waking Beauty" (RO/EN) - drama, Ghepardul 2006, Bucharest
ISBN 973-87926-0-6; ISBN 978-973-87926-0-4
• INDOIALA (DOUBT by John Patrick Shanley - Translation from EN to RO/Traducere din EN in RO Copyright inregistrat in Romania, 2006
• DIRTY STORY (by John Patrick Shanley) - Translation from EN to RO/Traducere din EN in RO Copywright inregistrat in Romania, 2006.
• "Sam Shepard, Un Rebel al Rigorii Mortale" (RO, Sam Shepard a Rebel of Rigoris Morrtis) - Aldine, 2005
ISBN 973-87034-7-6
• "Exilata in Trecut" (RO, Stranded in the Past) - Cartea Romaneasca, Bucharest, 2005, (short stories written between 1983-1993); ISBN 973-23-1442-7

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