Romanian Authors Writing in Other Languages (1)
We have talked about Romanian authors before a bunch of times, but this time we’re bringing something new to the table: a series of articles which aim to bring to…
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Interwar Bucharest in Photos: Nicolae Ionescu, Iosif Berman, Willy Pragher
The interwar years brought with them a new and fresh atmosphere. Modernist architecture as well as traffic and landscape improvements—elegant squares and parks, wider boulevards—finally gave Bucharest the air of…
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Long-Forgotten Women Artists From Romania
Talented, hard-working, and beautiful, these women artists from Romania have been unjustly forgotten. Born around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, with successful careers…
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Contemporary Romanian Playwrights Worth Knowing
Contemporary theatre in Romania Before getting to know some of the most acclaimed contemporary Romanian playwrights it is important to know that in communist Romania, the theatre—as one of the…
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Romanian Aristocratic Women and the Parisian Salons
Paris at the end of the 19th century saw a lot of Romanian aristocracy members among its inhabitants. Therefore it was quite often that Romanian aristocratic women, in possession of…
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Contemporary Romanian Women Writers Worth Reading
We brought some contemporary Romanian women writers to your attention a while ago, when we talked about the most popular and prolific contemporary Romanian authors translated into English (but not…
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Romanian Artists Performing Internationally
Romanian artists, headliners, in many a circumstance, have been performing internationally for a long time. Still, it seems plausible that you have attended concerts, operas or ballets without knowing they’re…
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On Writing: Sophie van Llewyn, Author of Bottled Goods (Interview)
Sophie van Llewyn is what we may call a citizen of the world. Born in Romania, living and working in Germany, and writing in English, her name might not sound…
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Cărturești & friends, Bucharest’s Friendliest English Bookshop
In his 2001 novel American Gods, Neil Gaiman writes: “What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got…
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Daniel Leș and the Art of Figurative Ceramics
With his craft having roots in the Dacian pottery, figurative ceramic artist Daniel Leș says his life’s luxury is being free to do what he wants, in his own home,…
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