Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present

<p><em>Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present</em> is the most comprehensive bilingual representation of Romanian poetry (English translation side by side with the Romanian original) starting with the earliest discovered poems to contemporary poets - some of them born only a couple of decades ago. Different to previous editions this is a critical-reference volume containing critical notes about each one of the 442 poets included!</p><p>The volume begins with the poetry before there were poets a couple timeless anonymous ballads and after them with the first poet who published in Romanian The Metropolitan Dosoftei (his work Psaltirea/The Pslalter is from somewhere after 1650). </p><p>Such a broad anthology will necessarily include the best known Romanian poets such as Mihai Eminescu Vasile Alecsandri <span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Alexadru Macedonski Ion Minulescu George Co��buc Octavian Goga Tudor Arghezi Vasile Voiculescu Lucian Blaga Magda Isanos George Bacovia Ion Barbu Nicolae Labi��. However the poets from before this classical period of Romanian literature are represented perhaps for the first time to an English reading audience - such as Ion Budai Deleanu Ion Heliade R��dulescu Elena V��c��rescu Grigore Alexandrescu Dimitrie Bolintineanu among others.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>To sample just a few poets from each of the other significant historical/stylistic periods - the 1960 generation is represented through Nichita Stanescu Ana Blandiana Adrian Paunescu Radu Gyr Marin Sorescu Ion Caraion Nina Cassian for example. This is followed by poets consectrated in the decades of 1970-1980 such as Nora Iuga Leonid Dimov Romulus Vulpescu Cezar Iv��nescu Mircea Dinescu Ileana M��l��ncioiu Irina Mavrodin George ����rnea Petre Stoica Dan Verona Constan��a Buzea. From contemporary poets included are Adrian Popescu Ioan Es Pop Mircea C��rt��rescu Lucian Vasilescu Angela Marinescu Marta Petreu Horia B��descu Florin Iaru Cristian Popescu Ion Stratan Aurel R��u Emil Brumaru Ioana Cr��ciunescu Octavian Soviany. While from the really young poets - the editors have really made an effort to find the most significant voices: Adela Greceanu Miruna Vlada V.Leac Marius Ianu�� Ciprian M��ce��aru Ania Vilal Teodor Dun�� Claudiu Komartin Diana Geac��r.</span></p><p>A significant space is reserved for Romanian poets from outside Romania. The most obvious group is the that from The Republic of Moldova (Bessarabia) - Alexei Mateevici Alecu Russo Arcadie Suceveanu Renata Verejanu Leo Butnaru Nicolae Dabija Leonida Lari Grigore Vieru; while from the younger generation we have Irina Nechit Vasile G��rne�� Mihai Vakulovski Nichita Danilov Aura Maru Maria Paula Erizanu Ana Don��u Iulian Frunta��u Ion Buzu.</p><p>The other group are poets who emigrated some of whom (though not all) have been out of scope due do both physical and psychological distance for Romanian literary critics and ordinary readers alike. They may live in France Spain Italy or Germany or in far flung places (from a Romanian standpoint) such as Canada The United States of America Australia and New Zealand. To name just a few: Dinu Fl��m��nd Gabriela Schuster Carmen Firan Andrei Codrescu George Roca Dumitru Ichim Lucia Cherciu Cristian B��dili���� Gelu Vla��in; Valentina Teclici Matein Vi��niec Alina Celia Cumpan. The Table of Contents will provide the rest...</p><p>This sweeping work (it feels like an encyclopedia but it is like <em>1001 Nights</em> - Alex ��tef��nescu) is put together by the team which offered us the previous fore-taste gems such as <em>Testament - Anthology of Romanian Verse</em> and <em>The Bessarabia of My Soul</em> - Daniel Ionita (editor and principal translator) Professor Daniel Reynaud Dr. Adriana Paul and Eva Foster.</p>