Timișoara, Ep. 1
October 28, 2017 — In a debut for the ages, Literary Death Match teamed with the Festivalul Internațional de Literatură de la Timișoara, for a brilliant night at the gorgeous National Theatre and Opera House that ended with V. Leac (with help from first-round competitor Livia Ștefan) narrowly defeated Cosmina Moroșan in a Literary Visual Riddles finale by a 4-3 score to win V. Leac the LDM Timișoara, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
The full lineup from the night:
JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Mircea Mihăieș, professor and four-time recipient of the Romanian Writers' Union prize for literary criticism
Performance: Marcel Tolcea, author, journalist and professor at West University of Timisoara
Intangibles: Gianina Corondan , TV presenter, musician, actor, culturalist
READERS:
Round 1:
* Livia Ștefan
* V. Leac
Round 2:
* Cosmina Moroșan
* Vlad Drăgoi
Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga.