Short presentation, by the editor, of the new volume Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present. The critical work, covers 400 years of Romanian poetry, 442 poets and approximately 700 poems – bilingually in the original Romanian and English translations. Following the poetry are critical-biographical notes (also presented bilingually) about each of poet, as […]

Un mic fragment de la lansarea la Librăria „Mihai Eminescu” din București, a volumului Insula Cuvintelor de Acasă. Eveniment realizat cu prezența: – Mircea Petean – Redactor Șef – Editura Limes, Cluj – Alex Ștefănescu – critic și istoric literar – Manuela Hărăbor – actor – Nicu Alifantis – cantautor – Lucian Vasilescu – poet […]

Lansarea ediției a doua a volumului Testament – antologie de poezie română moderenă – (autori Daniel Ionita – Eva Foster, Daniel Reynaud & Rochelle Bews) la Biblioteca de Stat a statului New South Wales, Sydney – 29 aprilie 2015. Au participat soprana Adriana Paul, actorii Clara Vodă, Bogdan Vodă, Tug Dumbly și Cătătlin Anastase, cantautorul […]

"So what’s a heart? I’m hungry! I want to live, desire… Oh, do forgive me maiden, my dearest in the fire! I doze. How tall the fire! The forest, how replete! I weep. What’s father thinking? I eat and weep. I eat!" These verses, written some 65 years ago by a 20-year-old, have long entered […]

In this 12th episode of our journey through Romanian Poetry in English, I will present to you a poet with who’s verse I resonate the most. The rebel and antagonist in me (and there is a LOT of that…) – latches onto his poetry… …initially pigeonholed as a neo-symbolist (by critics like George Călinescu, mainly […]

As a young man, and with many other students and young intellectuals attracted to the nationalistic fervor of the times, he became Member of the Iron Guard and the Legion of St.Michael the Archangel (a right wing, fascist movement which wrought terror and held government for a few months at the end of 1940 and […]

…what do I think of Adrian Paunescu? Let me say just this (and get into huge trouble…). If indeed someone, some excellent anthologist, who understands and loves poetry, AND has utmost artistic integrity – would be allowed to trawl through the thousands of poems of Adrian Paunescu, get rid of all the dross, she or […]

After Mihai Eminescu, there are two or three other poets who people (critics included) might consider in “the silver medal” position for Romanian Poetry – so to speak. And in the ninth episode of Romanian Poetry in English, we will talk about, and recite some poems of, one of THEM – Nichita Stănescu. He was […]

Poet, civil libertarian, anti-Communist, a person extremely dignified and appropriate at all times, a successful politician after the revolution of 1989, a beautiful and envied woman – Author of 26 volumes of poetry – many of them translated in foreign languages. Ana Blandiana shone in a generation of poets, the 1960ies, which contained stellar names […]

An english rendering of a famous Romanian poem, December/Decembre by George Bacovia, music by Nicu Alifantis, translation in english Daniel Ionita (from the volume Testament – 400 Years of Romanian Poetry – Minerva Publishing – 2019) Recording by – Victor Panfilov Sursa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsLUujQ_sw

Testament – Anthology of Romania Verse – American Edition – Book Launch at the Romanian Cultural Institute – New York, March 2017. With the participation of Daniel Ionita (editor and principal translator), Associate Professor Daniel Reynaud (musician and assistant translator), Dr. Mircea Suciu – Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute – New York, actress Annelise […]

Lansarea volumului Testament 400 de ani de poezie românească / 400 Years of Romanian Poetry (Editura Minerva) – autori Daniel Ionita asistat de Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul și Eva Foster – Cluj-Napoca – Muzeul de Artă – 20 Noiembrie 2019. Cu prezența poeților Adrian Popescu (prezentatorul volumului), Hanna Bota, Eva Precub și Adriana Meșter, a […]

English rendition of the famous Decembre (George Bacovia/Nicu Alifantis) piece, first released 50 years ago, in Romanian of course, by Nicu Alifantis. Recording – Victor Panfilov Guitar – Nicu Alifantis Voice Daniel Reynaud Translation – Daniel Ionita (assisted by Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster) from the volume Testament – 400 Years of Romanian […]