Part of the RCI series of events promoting the importance and impact that the works of some of the main Romanian cultural figures have had on the creative universal patrimony, the celebration of Nichita Stanescu's 80th anniversary will take place in every RCI branch.
On this occasion, The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv will host the celebratory exhibition "Nichita Stanescu's 80th anniversary (1933-1983)". The exhibition will be open to the public between April, 10- May, 10 2013, Monday to Friday, from 10:00 till 15:00, and comprises a series of works containing Nichita Stanescu's poems translated into Hebrew by Simon Haran and accompanied by Mircia Dumitrescu's graphic work.In the same series of events celebrating Nichita Stanescu's 80th anniversary, the students from the Romanian language course organized by RCI Tel Aviv, will attend a number of courses during which they will be introduced to the poet's lyrical works.
The opening of the exhibition will take place Wednesday, April 10th, at 5.00 p.m., at RCI Tel Aviv (8 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., 6th floor). The event will be followed by a literary evening dedicated to the poet's lyrical work.
Program:
• Foreword: dr. Gina Pana, director RCI Tel Aviv
• Lecture on the poet's life and works and on the present status of the translations of his poetry: Dr. Florenta Simion, representative of the Institute of the Romanian Language and associated-professor at the Tel Aviv University- Romanian Language Department
• Bilingual poetry reading (Romanian-Hebrew)
Laureate of the „Gottfried von Herder” International Award (1975) and the „Gold Crown” Award of the Struga International Poetry Festival (1982), Nichita Stanescu is one of the most important and prolific Romanian writers. Amongst his best known collections of poetry there are: „The Sense of Love“, „A Vision of Feelings“, „11 Elegies“, „Vertical Red“, „The Egg and the Sphere“, „Laus Ptolemaei“, „Non-Words“, „In the Sweet Classical Style“ and „Epica Magna“.
