Jean-Lorin Sterian was born on June 5, 1975, in Constanta. He became known for the text 8 Ore, maybe someday, his literary resignation from Playboy magazine. He debuted with the volume of stories Baltazar si Hazardul (Editura Metafora, 1997). The volumes of stories The writer went out hunting (Editura Pro Logos, 2001) and Postume (Editura Amaltea, 2003) followed, to which is added the micro-novel Clopotele bat spău noimă (Editura Noesis, 2001) published only in electronic format. In 2007 he published the novel Lorgean (Polirom Publishing House), and in 2011 the pair of volumes Postume, Antume (HergBenet Publishing House). In 2012, the volume Teatrul din sufragerie appeared, an anthropological account of his experience of transforming his studio into a theater. Jean-Lorin Sterian is the founder of the first apartment theater in Romania, Lorgean theatre. He initiated the musical band Grupul Sanitar with which he released the Playback Superstar album, about which he produced and directed the documentary Lecția de playback. In recent years he gave up writing prose, becoming interested in contemporary dance and performance art. He is currently working on a feature film, Starshitting, based on his play Pe culmile versărării, and is announcing a volume of poems titled Home Alone 3.