The Vatra literary magazine was founded in 1885 by Ion Luca Caragiale, George Coşbuc and Ioan Slavici[1][failed verification] and was published in Romanian in the city of Târgu Mureş, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania).
A new series of the magazine was published starting May 1971 under the direction of poet and playwright Romulus Guga.
Vatra means "the hearth" in Romanian.