Ilarie Voronca
Ilarie Voronca was one of the leaders of the Romanian avant-garde, initially a pioneer of Romanian Constructivism (known as Integralism), further on a fine poet in the vein of Surrealism and, especially in his period at Paris, Walt Whitman. Has influenced numerous poets during his life and after - most notably the poets gathered around the circles "Integral" (which he lead) and "unu" and the poets of the 1980s generation.
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Gracq first studied in Paris at the Lycée Henri IV, where he earned his baccalauréat. He then entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1930, later studying at the École libre des sciences politiques.
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Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco -
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It is sometimes said that the four greatest Portuguese poets of modern times are Fernando Pessoa. The statement is possible since Pessoa, whose name means ‘person’ in Portuguese, had three alter egos who wrote in styles completely different from his own. In fact Pessoa wrote under dozens of names, but Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Álvaro de Campos were – their creator claimed – full-fledged individuals who wrote things that he himself would never or could never write. He dubbed them ‘heteronyms’ rather than pseudonyms, since they were not false names but “other names”, belonging to distinct literary personalities. Not only were their styles different; they thought differently, they h -
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Ideas of Roland Gérard Barthes, a theorist, philosopher, and linguist, explored a diverse range of fields. He influenced the development of schools of theory, including design, anthropology, and poststructuralism.
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Arthur Koestler CBE [*Kösztler Artúr] was a prolific writer of essays, novels and autobiographies.
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Roberto Bolaño
For most of his early adulthood, Bolaño was a vagabond, living at one time or another in Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, France and Spain. Bolaño moved to Europe in 1977, and finally made his way to Spain, where he married and settled on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona, working as a dishwasher, a campground custodian, bellhop and garbage collector — working during the day and writing at night.
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He continued with his poetry, before shifting to fiction in his early forties. In an interview Bolaño stated that he made this decision because he felt responsible for the future financial well-being of his family, which he knew he could never secure from the earnings of a poet. This was confirmed by Jorge Herralde, who explained that Bolaño "aband -
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George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Works span the fields of literature, theology, and humanism.
People laud this magnum opus as one of the peaks of world literature. Other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther .
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Ana Blandiana
Ana Blandiana, pe numele ei civil Otilia Valeria Coman, (n. 25 martie 1942, Timișoara) este o scriitoare și luptătoare pentru libertate civică în România. Înainte de revoluția din 1989, faimoasă disidentă și apărătoare a drepturilor omului, a avut curajul să-l înfrunte direct pe dictatorul Nicolae Ceaușescu prin declarații publice în interviuri acordate postului de radio Europa Liberă și unor publicații din străinătate.
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Ana Blandiana s-a implicat în viața civică printr-o serie de acțiuni în cadrul Alianței Civice. În prezent conduce Memorialul de la Sighet, un institut de studiere a crimelor comunismului, cu un centru de cercetare care organizează anual conferințe, sesiuni științifice și expoziții pe tema fenomenului totalitar.
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A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th century".
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An expert in gnosticism and Renaissance magic, he was encouraged and befriended by Mircea Eliade, though he gradually distanced himself from his mentor. Culianu published seminal work on the interrelation of the occult, Eros, magic, physics, and history.
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Born in Bucharest, Topîrceanu began his schooling in the city, and then moved to the hilly countryside of the Argeş county, in the Șuici commune, where he formed his taste for themes taken from nature. After completing secondary studies, he attended the University of Bucharest Law School, and then its Faculty of Letters, without ever finishing either. This was largely due to a hectic lifestyle punctuated by numerous affairs and heavy alcohol use.He began publishing short verses to increasing critical acclaim. In 1926, he was awarded the National Poetry Prize.
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He died of liver cancer in Iaşi.
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Angela Marinescu
Numele Angela Marinescu este un pseudonim, numele real fiind Basaraba-Angela Marcovici. A folosit și pseudonimul Basaraba Matei. Este fiica lui Marius Marcovici, funcționar superior la Prefectura orașului Arad, și a Mariei (n. Martiș), profesoară de educație fizică și campioană națională la schi și la înot. Tatăl poetei descinde din familia lui Simion Marcovici, important intelectual al Banatului, la care a poposit în peregrinările sale Mihai Eminescu. Este mama poetului și publicistului Alexandru Matei. Angela Marinescu a făcut gimnastică la sol (era cea mai bună din Arad), înot și volei. O tuberculoză gravă i-a marcat tinerețea, mai exact între 15 și 26 de ani. S-a decis să studieze medicina, absolvind în final Facultatea de Psihologie de
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Liliana Corobca
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Aleksandar Stoicovici
Aleksandar Stoicovici s-a născut în 1988 la Timișoara. A absolvit masteratul de Comunicare Interculturală din cadrul Facultății de Litere din Timișoara și a inițiat, sub îndrumarea prof. Smaranda Vultur, un proiect de cercetare pe tema deportărilor în Bărăgan, care s-a concretizat în cartea de mărturii Dunărea deportaților – povești de viață din Bărăgan 1951-1956 (coautor: Flavius Furtună, ed. Herg Benet, 2012).
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A publicat volumele de poezie: vineri (Herg Benet, 2011) și aleksandar doarme / aleksandar spava (bilingv, 2012) și a colaborat cu reviste literare din România, Serbia, Ungaria și Franța. A coordonat mai multe proiecte literare, printre care: Malul celălalt (antologie de poezie sârbă, sec. XX-XXI) (ed. Herg Benet, 2012), prietenii de -