Video recitals that highlight some of the poetic milestones in Romanian culture, in English. You can see them grouped here, or by accessing the individual pages of the poets. We hope that the number of recitals in English will grow in the future.
A hand for the poet • Tudor Arghezi
Poems: “Griefs” (Fitting Words, 1927), “Mould Flowers” (Mould Flowers, 1931)
Read by Anamaria Marinca
Translated by Andrei Bantaş
Filmed at the Bucharest National Opera in August 2021
A hand for the poet • George Bacovia
Poems: “Lead” (Lead, 1916), “Decor” (Lead, 1916)
Read by Anamaria Marinca
Translated by Andrei Bantaş
Filmed at the Bucharest National Opera in August 2021
A hand for the poet • Marin Sorescu
Poems: “Carnival”, “An Amoeba”, “Segment”
Read by Anamaria Marinca
Translated by Dan Duţescu
Filmed at the Bucharest National Opera in August 2021
A hand for the poet • Nichita Stănescu
Poems: “The non-words” (The Non-words, 1969), “The Golden Age of Love”, “The Seventh Elegy” (11 Elegies, 1966)
Read by Anamaria Marinca
Translated by Andrei Bantaş
Filmed at the Bucharest National Opera in August 2021
A Hand for the Poet • Mihai Eminescu
Poems: “And if …”, “What is love…”, “The Forest Pool”, “Blue Flower”, “Drowsy Birds”, “To the Star”, “Of the Masts”, “Sonnet (The Years Have Passed)”, “Gloss”, “Ode (in ancient metre)”, “So Delicate”, “On That Same Little Lane”, “With tomorrow you add to your days”, “With Yearning last I Sigh”, “Beats the Moon Upon my Window” Read by Michael Pennington Translated by Corneliu M. Popescu
Filmed at the Romanian Cultural Institute, London, in August 2021
A Hand for the Poet • Mihai Eminescu
Poem: “To the star” Read by Ion Caramitru Translated by Corneliu M. Popescu
Filmed in June 2021, at ArCuB , Bucharest
