Quantum is a collection of poems meant to anchor readers in light-heartedness and serenity. One of the themes in the book is the view that poetry can be perceived as a field of creative energy, whose quanta surround us and in which we can immerse ourselves via the mediating power of daydreaming. Poetry is the deconstruction of reality and its recompilation into an alternate paradigm, guided by intuition, aesthetics, and the quantum mechanics of one’s own imagination. In Quantum, the author moves us through layers of sensorial cues and a discourse whose ultimate goal is healing - an everyday catharsis for life’s tough moments, held in balance by the power of words.
Awards and Grants
2025 - Ontario Arts Council (OAC) literary grant for a poetry manuscript in French
2024 - Runner-up in the "Read at the Fringe Contest."
2022 - The book "Variations sans palais" (Éditions L'Harmattan 2020) was awarded the inaugural international literary prize “Dina Sahyouni” by the Société Internationale d'Études des Femmes & d'Études de Genre en Poésie (SIÉFÉGP) and the French literary magazine « Le Pan poétique des muses ».
2022-2021 – Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Recommender Grants for Writers (New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing) for "Quantum".
2019 - Selected by the jury of Toronto LitUp! Toronto International Festival of Authors for an official launch of "Sea Glass Circe" as part of the 2020 Toronto LitUp!, Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) series of events in February, 2020.
Bio
Irina Moga is a trilingual author writing in English, French, and Romanian, and a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
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The author of six poetry collections, she brings a distinctive voice to contemporary literature, one interlaced with lyrical depth.
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Her collection Variations sans palais (Éditions L’Harmattan, Paris) received the 2022 Dina Sahyouni International Literary Prize in France.
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Irina's poems, short stories and reviews have appeared widely in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in publications such as Canadian Literature, carte blanche, Contemporary Verse 2, Hotch Potch Literature and Arts, New York Quarterly, California Quarterly, Split Rock Review, Lettres Capitales and Le Pan poétique des muses.
Her work has been nominated for the SFPA Rhysling Award and Best of the Net.
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Moga’s poetry has been translated into German, Spanish, Korean and Farsi, further extending its reach across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
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A hallmark of Moga’s poetics is her fusion of the cerebral and the sensory.
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Her work is rooted in the belief that poetry is not just an act of expression, but an immersive experience—an observatory of shifting realities, held together by the cadences of language.
Poetry reading - in English
