Romanian Poetry
no longer literature. the generation of 2000republica poetica constitution (in progress)
We, the people of poetry, to assert sincere confidence, the expression of calm fascination, the clear joy, the burst of limpid passion, the organization of diurnal intensity of approach, the ussage of quiet rustling-touch, and full breath, decide and define this
Constitution of Republica Poetica
1. Poetic status
a) The poet is the state of trans-sovereign state, independent unitary and indivisible
b) Form of government-state status is poetic republic.
c) The poetica is an aesthetic, social and democratic state where human dignity, rights and freedoms of citizens, the free development of personality, justice and poetic pluralism is supreme and guaranteed values. Read the rest of this entry »
New Romanian poetry readings in Prague and Berlin
Two Romanian poetry events for the autumn of 2009
in Prague
September 30th
Krásný ztráty Cafe (Náprstkova 10, Praha 1, Staré Město)
17.00 – 20.00
Krasny Ztraty Cafe
Oana Ninu, Domnica Drumea, Mugur Grosu, Cosmin Perta, Răzvan Ţupa
in Berlin
Friday October 30th 22:00
Live Poesie
LiteraturWerkstatt
Ioana Nicolaie, Sorin Ghergut, Rita Chirian, Svetlana Carstean, Gabriela Eftimie, Constantin Acosmei, Stefan Manasia, Vasile Leac and Vlad Moldovan, with a video selection by Andrei Ruse
introduced by Razvan Tupa
poetry depot
This site remains just for Romanian Poetry. I will post at http://poetrydepot.wordpress.com/ the international poetry that I find interesting.
An Essay on New Romanian Poetry
If you are searching for information regarding Romanian literature in the last 10 years, this page provides a few hints. You can notice that this is a work in progress. The links and the references to the text are in continuous process of developing.
I. Starting point. 1989
Before the fall of communism in 1989, literature was perceived as a powerful instrument. As in other ex-communist countries the free market and the explosion of traditional and new media proved to be a bit hard for well established authors.
In
Romania the easiest way of organizing the multitude of directions proved to be a separation based on the year of publishing one’s first book.
This is how the 60’s generation was described as shifting away from the socialist realism imposed for the writers officially recognized in the 50’s.
From that point on every 10 years a new generation of Romanian writers was considered to appear. It wasn’t until the end of 80’s that a definite new way of approaching literature was promoted by the emerging writers of the moment.
The so called ’80s generation imposed the term of post-modernism in Romania reintroducing experimental ways of approaching literature that were continued form Romanian avant-garde movement. Writers as Traian T. Cosovei, Ion Muresan, Florin Iaru, Mariana Marin, Liviu Ioan Stoiciu, Alexandru Musina, Nichita Danilov and Mircea Cartarescu imposed gradually different ways of dealing with reality using textual marks of irony and fantasy. Recuperating the values imposed by beat generation in
USA, poetry of the Romanian 80’s became very fast a way of affirming a different literary conscience.After 1989, the new context became chaotic for a poetic voice to become powerful. In 2005, Mircea Cartarescu was the best known contemporary writer in
Romania. His success was not in poetry, but in prose. His short fiction reached a wide audience.
Poetry in turn had to go two more so called “generations” of writers until it started to be regarded as a possible success for publishing houses in
Romania. Read the rest of this entry »
Romanian Poetry 