The fourth session in the journey of discovery of Romainan poetry in English, we discuss Romania’s best know writer, and national poet, Mihai Eminescu. Only Luis de Camoes in Portugal, and maybe Shakespeare in the English-speaking world, might rival Eminescu in relation to the influence upon the culture and language of their countries. The poems […]

This second session of revealing Romanian poetry to the English-language reader, reveals one of the super-stars of Romanian poetry, Lucian Blaga. A poet of light, of idealism, love – but for me a poet of profound beauty andable to embrace and describe mystery and the bedazzlment of the unknown – and be at peace with […]

This is the first in a series presenting the best Romanian poems in English. The series is based on, and will use for recitals, the volume Testament – 400 Years of Romanian Poetry, edited by Daniel Ionita (editor and principal translator) assisted by Professor Daniel Reynaud, Dr.Adriana Paul and Eva Foster (for earlier editions of […]