Traian Coșovei

{{Short description|Romanian writer and poet (1921–1993)}}

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Traian Coșovei (24 March 1921, Somova, Tulcea County – 16 July 1993, Bucharest) was a Romanian writer and poet.

Traian Coșovei was born in the Danube Delta in a fisherman's family. After attending high school in Tulcea, he graduated from the Letters and Philosophy Department of the University of Bucharest in 1947.{{cite book|last=Sasu|first=Aurel|title=Dicționalul biografic al literaturii române (A–L)|publisher=Paralela 45|pages=401, 402|location=Pitești|year=2006}}

A follower of socialist realism, he is known for having written highly positive reportages and journey accounts from his trip to the Soviet Union,{{cite book|last=Drace-Francis|first=Alex|title=The Traditions of Invention: Romanian Ethnic and Social Stereotypes in Historical Context|page=252|publisher=Brill Publishers|year=2013|ISBN=978-9004216174}} and for having compared Nicolae Ceaușescu to national bard Mihai Eminescu.{{cite web |title=Scriu din datorie |url=http://www.romlit.ro/scriu_din_datorie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200225/http://www.romlit.ro/scriu_din_datorie |archive-date=2014-01-02 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |publisher=Romania literara |language=Romanian}}

The school in his home village is called in his honor.{{cite web |title=Școli aflate pe raza comunei |url=http://primariasomova.ro/index.php?rewriteparam=educatie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207170952/http://primariasomova.ro/index.php?rewriteparam=educatie |archive-date=2013-12-07 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |language=Romanian}}

He is the father of Traian T. Coșovei.