Literature

The Romanian presence at the London Book Fair, now in its 9thyear, is a celebration of the vitality and richness of Romania's literary scene through a kaleidoscopic programme that unfolds at our stand at Olympia Exhibition Centre as well as at the Romanian Cultural

Already a star of Bucharest's literary scene in the 1930s, Mihail Sebastian was killed at the age of 37 by an erratic Soviet military truck before the end of the Second World War, after years of clandestine living under a paradoxical fascist regime. Decades after

hrough his amazing diary, covering almost ten years between 1935-1944, Mihail Sebastian has given us one of the most important moral testimonies of the 20th century. Living isolated and hunted in a country that had descended into political madness, the great writer sought

One of the greatest names of Romanian culture and a seminal historian of religions, Mircea Eliade is this year's focus of the Romanian programme at the London Book Fair. Original and encyclopaedic, regarded as a Renaissance-like character in the range of his scientific

The latest Romanian books in English are presented in a special event hosted by Waterstones Piccadilly, the flagship London bookshop and the biggest bookstore in Europe. The event brings together authors Ruxandra Cesereanu ('Angelus', Lavender Ink) and Dumitru

Drawn from the fascinating experience of East-Central European pluralism, Oxford Brookes University's Marius Turda together with University of Oxford's Jan Fellerer andRobert Pyrah tackle the often politically-charged theme of identity against the backdrop

Join us for the launch of Matei Vişniec's 'How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients and Other Plays', the first anthology in English of the Romanian theatre's most prolific and revered contemporary playwright.  'How to Explain

George Tomaziu, a painter by vocation and spy by necessity, could have descended directly from the pages of a Graham Green or John le Carré novel. He joined the MI6 during the first years of the WWII in order to fight the Nazis who had occupied much of Europe. He later

Acclaimed Romanian poet Grete Tartler and best-selling author and ceramist Edmund de Waal discuss the Romanian roots and enduring international influence of the great poet Paul Celan. The exchange is followed by Edmund de Waal's launching of his highly acclaimed new

We are delighted to co-organize and host the 3rd edition of the International Conference of Romanian Anglicists, an academic event centred upon the inextinguishable works of William Shakespeare that brings together scholars and researchers from the best English departments

Renowned author and critic Simona Popescu, founder of Gellu Naum Foundation and one of the great poet’s closest confidants, discusses Naum’s fascinating persona and enduring literary appeal in the company of poet, translator and cultural animator Stephen Watts.

Before the season of sojourns and vacations kicks in, we invite you to a trip like no other - that from the Imperial Rome to Roman Britain - , vividly brought to life in minute detail by historian and writer Bronwen Riley.  To accompany the launch of her most recent book,