In my little town,
In my little town, Sighet, which is in Romania, Hungary-Romania, but a real shtetl, a little [Jewish] village – and we began with the Chumash [Pentateuch], probably at age four. Elie Wiesel
Romania
One of the great
One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear a random album from a band somewhere in Romania or something, and to listen to all sorts of stuff from around the world. Ed Droste
It\’s true that in
It’s true that in Romanian I feel more relaxed, as if I’m wearing slippers…but I came to this decision primarily for other reasons: I had only published three collections of texts in Romania. Even before my exile I was prohibited from publishing, I was ignored and forgotten. In going back to Romanian I had the … Read more
Seine et Danube was
Seine et Danube was launched in 2003 with the help of Romanian authorities who had finally realized the necessity of promoting literature and Romanian culture in general. Along with focusing on the literature of the countries the Danube traversed (with an emphasis on Romania), we printed work that interested us from the banks of the … Read more
As my editor had
As my editor had no desire to frighten readers with the Romanian pages, he had them translated and published the whole thing in French in 1984. It was only years later, in Romania, that I was able to publish the book as I wrote it. Dumitru Tepeneag
My first book published
My first book published in France was translated and titled Exercices d’Attente in 1972. It was a collection of short works written and published in Romania. In 1973 I was ready to publish the novel Arpièges, which I had started writing in Romanian and of which I had published some fragments under the title Vain … Read more
In so-called communist Romania,
In so-called communist Romania, chess was held in high esteem, even if our champions were weaker than the Soviets. This game, this \”sport of the mind,\” was at the time a better way to establish your reputation than literature. Dumitru Tepeneag
I was a professional
I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many years: I played tournaments in numerous countries with mixed results. I wrote and published a book – La Défense Alekhine and translated two others from Russian. I taught chess in schools; … Read more
Oh, life is a
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, and I am Marie of Romania. Dorothy Parker
The saddest country I
The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu’s rule. Christopher Lee