They brought to the PoQ a four different poetic visions,in the tradition of the great Hungarian poetry but, none the less with explicit Romanian background. Even when their translators are brilliant in Romanian, as for the versions realized by  the Serban Foarta, a simple enquiry behind the text will reveal a strong conception of the original text and the ussage of poetics as existential tool. The theme poetic is here was shaped by the ability of the poets of transforming their home town in a center of their poetry.

Photo: Andreea Aron

Poetic is personal

The selection of the authors for this anthology was made by Dumitru Crudu, one of the most influent writers for literature from Moldavia and Romania in the last two decades. Since the Millennium, the poetry written in Basarabia (as Moldavia Republic is called in Romania) manifested a vivid influence over the poetry written in Romania. It was for the first time for ages when the Romanian language used in literature outside the political borders of Romania works as a tour de force.

Most of the authors form the anthology are active online and manage to include reactions to every day life in their poetry. The poets in the anthology are Angela Pânzaru, Iulian Fruntașu, Ștefan Baștovoi, Mihail Vakulovski, Alexandru Vakulovski, Steliana Grama, Diana Iepure, Pavel Păduraru, Leo Hristov, Andrei Ungureanu, Ana Rapcea, Adrian Ciubotaru, Horia Hristov, Alexandru Buruiană, Liliana Armașu, Iurie Burlacu, Aurelia Borzin, Corina Ajder, Andrei Gamarț, Vadim Vasiliu, Daria Vlas, Doina Bulat, Ecaterina Bargan and Cătălina Bălan.

Chris Tanasescu inprovises the end of one of he poems he read.

the whole playlist of the evening can be found here (Romanian)

Diana Iepure reads her poem from the anthology (Romanian)

Cross interview with awarded poets (Romanian)

the whole playlist since January can be found here.

The first meeting took the main Romanian poetic icon, Eminescu and translated the usual celebratory discourse connected to the birth of the main Romanian poet from the XIXth century to a game with literary figures from the classical era of Balkan national literatures.

The Audience had the opportunity to participate at the first literary stock exchange at PoQ.

- numar scame is a first collection of poetry by Gabi Mancu. Not long after the release of the book, it was nominated for the Mihai Eminescu first book of poetry national award. This event was fallowed by a debate regarding the copyright in poetry today and the nature of ownership a poet can exercise over own text.

- Hyde Park – is the first collection of poetry published by Lorena Lupu, cult novelist from Romania.

When was the last time you received a word as a gift.