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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Daniel Ionița (anthologist and princiapl translator) and his colleagues Professor Daniel Reynaud, Dr.Adriana Paul and Eva Foster – receiving the "Antoaneta Ralian" Prize for Translation at the Gaudeamus Bookfair – Bucharest 2019 – for the volume Testament – 400 Years of Romanian Poetry (Minerva Publishing) Testament – 400 de ani de poezie românească (Editura Minerva) […]