Ana Blandiana

Ana Blandiana, whose real name is Otilia Valeria Coman, ( born March 25, 1942 in Timişoara, Romania) is a Romanian poet. Until the Romanian Revolution of 1989, she was a dissident and human rights activist. In interviews at the Radio Free Europe and outside Romania publications publish it exposed the abuses under Nicolae Ceauşescu in socialist Romania. Ana Blandiana is a founding member of the Civil Alliance ( Alianta Civica ) and forwards the Sighet Memorial ( Memorialul de la Sighet ), an institute for the Investigation of Communist Romania's past.

Life

Otilia Coman was born as a daughter of the Orthodox priest Gheorghe Coman in Timişoara. In 1944 his parents moved to Oradea, where the father of the Orthodox Cathedral Biserica cu Luna worked as a priest. After the takeover by the Communists of the father was arrested as an " enemy of the people ". Shortly after his release he came in 1964 in a traffic accident.

In Oradea Otilia Coman attended primary school (1949-1952) and high school ( 1952-1959 ). As a child of an " enemy of the people ", she was initially denied his studies at the University of Cluj- Napoca.

In 1959 she debuted in the Cluj Magazine Tribuna ( German tribune ) with the poem Originalitate ( German originality ), where she signed with the pseudonym of Ana Blandiana (after Blandiana, the birthplace of her mother ) for the first time. In the poem she practiced between the lines in the middle of the Stalinist terror Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej era criticism of the regime and was occupied by a four-year ban on writing. From 1963 to 1967 she studied philology at the University of Cluj.

In 1964 her first book Persoana întâia plural ( German First Person Plural ), 1966 Călcâiul vulnerabil ( German Achilles heel). 1968-1974 she worked as an editor at the magazines Viata Studenţească ( German student life ) and Amfiteatru ( German Amphitheatre) worked from 1975 to 1977 and as a librarian at the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Following the publication of the poem Motanul Arpagic ( German hangover onion), an only slightly veiled criticism of dictator Ceausescu, she was placed under house arrest and was banned from publication.

In December 1989 she was a member of the Council of the National Salvation Front (Romanian Frontul Salvării national, FSN), but resigned in January 1990 as again because she felt manipulated by the neo-communists. Ana Blandiana is a founding member of the Civic Alliance and initiator of the Romanian PEN Club, chaired it owns. Together with her husband Romulus Rusan she founded the memorial for the Investigation of Communist past Sighet ( Memorialul victimelor comunismului şi al rezistenţei de la Sighet ), a research, exhibition, museum and conference center in the northern Romanian city Sighetu Marmaţiei with the target, the crimes of Communism uncover in the country to capture them scientifically and make the results available to the public.

Her works have been translated into numerous languages ​​and are published in the following countries: Germany, France, Italy, USA, Norway, Sweden, Albania, Britain, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Serbia and Bulgaria.

She has given numerous lectures, symposia and lectures abroad: Germany, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria and lectured at numerous universities, including Rome, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Heidelberg, Tübingen, Hamburg and Cologne.

Works

Volumes of poetry

  • Persoana întâia plural ( First Person Plural ), 1964;
  • Călcâiul vulnerabil ( Achilles heel), 1966;
  • A treia Taina (Third Sacrament ), 1969;
  • 50 de poeme (50 poems), 1970;
  • Octombrie, Noiembrie, Decembrie ( October, November, December), 1972;
  • Poems ( poems), 1974;
  • Întâmplări Gradina din mea ( stories from my garden ), 1980;
  • Ochiul de Greier ( The Grill eye), 1981;
  • Ora de nisip (sand hour), 1984;
  • Stea de Prada (star autumn), 1986;
  • Old intâmplări Gradina din mea ( more stories from my garden ), 1987;
  • Întâmplări de pe strada mea (Stories from my street ), 1988;
  • Poezii ( poems), 1988;
  • Arhitectura valurilor ( The architecture of the waves ), 1990;
  • 100 de poeme (One Hundred Poems ), 1991;
  • În Dimineata de dupa moarte ( the morning after death), 1996;
  • La cules Ingeri (narrow harvest ), 1997, 2003, 2004;
  • Cartea Albă a lui Arpagic ( The White Paper of the cat Arpagic ), 1998;
  • Balanta cu un singur talger ( The single-arm balance), 1998;
  • Soarele de ApoI ( The Sun in the Hereafter), 2000;
  • Refluxul sensurilor ( change of mind ), 2004.

Essays

  • Calitatea de Martor ( The witness ), 1970, 2003
  • Cea mai frumoasa Dintre lumile posibile ( The best of all possible worlds ), 1978;
  • Coridoare de Oglinzi ( mirror courses), 1983;
  • Autoportret cu palimpsest (Auto -Portrait), 1985;
  • ORASE de silabe ( syllable cities), 1987;
  • Geniul de a fi ( The genius of being), 1998;
  • Ghicitul in MultiMi ( The rates in the crowd ), 2000;

Prose

  • Cele Patru anotimpuri ( The Four Seasons ), 1977, 2001 - stories
  • Proiecte de trecut ( Past Projects ), 1982 - stories
  • Sertarul cu aplauze ( The Applause Machine), 1992, 1998, 2002, 2004 - Roman
  • Imitatie de Cosmar ( copy of a nightmare ), 1995 - stories

Translations

  • Homokora - Criterion Konyvkiado, Bucureşti, 1971 ( Hungarian);
  • Valaki close almodik, Criterion Konyvkiado, Bucureşti, 1985 ( Hungarian);
  • San v sania, Narodna Cultura, Sofia, 1986 ( Bulgarian);
  • Copy of a nightmare, people and the world, spectrum, Berlin, 1988 ( German );
  • L' ora di sabbia, Saval Edizioni, Bologna, 1987 ( Italian);
  • Stihotvorenia, rasscazi, eat, Radouga, Moskva, 1987 ( in Russian);
  • The Hour of Sand, Anvil Press Poetry, London, 1989, 1990 (English );
  • Mineviku - Plaanid, LR, Tallinn, 1989 ( Estonian);
  • Sniega Stunda, Liesna, Riga, 1989 ( in Lithuanian );
  • En kyrka full av fjarilar, Bokforlag Symposium, Stockholm, 1990 ( in Swedish);
  • Kanskje noen Drømmer meg, Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1990 ( Norwegian);
  • Copy of a nightmare, Steidl Verlag, Bokforlaget Hypatia, Stockholm, 1992 ( in Swedish);
  • L' eglise fantome, Syros - Alternatives, Paris, 1992 ( in French);
  • Copy van een nachtmerrie, Amsterdam, 1992 ( Dutch);
  • Svedotzi, Biblioteka Kov, Vrsatz, 1993 ( Serb );
  • Poezi, Shtepia Botuese Enciklopedike, Tirana, 1993 ( Albanian);
  • Presentation / Introduction / Prezentare, editie trilingva, DAAD ( German Academic Exchange Service / Office Allemand d' échanges universitaires ), Paris, 1993 ( German, French, Romanian);
  • Clair de mort, Librairie Bleue, Troyes, 1994 ( French);
  • Kopi av et mare rode Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 1995 ( Norwegian);
  • Tight Learned Ammann Verlag, Zurich, 1994 ( German );
  • L'architecture of vagues, les Ateliers du Tayrac, 1995 (in French );
  • Copy of a nightmare, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1996 ( German );
  • Ofullbordad helvet, Forlags from Gondolin, 1997 ( Swedish);
  • Szelet Allat, Pont, Budapest, 1998 ( Hungarian);
  • Poems, Go- Bos Press, 1998 ( Dutch);
  • Star Fall, Dionysus, from the Rumanian by Christian W. Schenk, 1999 ( Romanian- German );
  • Cekmedjeto s aplodismenti, DAR, Sofia, 1999 ( Bulgarian);
  • Potreba za priciom, Arka, Smederevo, 2000 ( Serb );
  • Isbrane pesmi, Cankarjeva Zalozba, Ljubljana, 2003 ( Slovenian);
  • Potreba za razgovor, Arka, Smederevo - Id Skopje, 2004 ( Macedonian );
  • Ana Blandiana, Sower, Beijing, 2004 ( Chinese),
  • Arhanghel vo Saghi, Editia Plejadi, Struga, 2004 ( Macedonian );
  • Un tempo gli occhi alberi avevano, Donzelli Editore, Roma, 2004 ( Italian);
  • Projectos de passado, Editura Cavallo de Ferro, Lisabona, 2005 ( Portuguese)
  • The auction of ideas. Poems. From the Rumanian by Hans Bergel, locust Reeg Verlag, Bamberg 2009

Electronic Books

  • 2003 Coridoare de Oglinzi ( mirror courses), Editura LiterNet.
  • La cules Ingeri (narrow harvest ), vol I, Editura LiterNet.
  • La cules Ingeri (narrow harvest ), vol II, Editura LiterNet
  • 2004 Autoportret cu palimpsest (Auto -Portrait), Editura LiterNet.
  • Calitatea de Martor ( The witness ), Editura LiterNet.
  • 2005 Fragmentarium ( in Romanian and French), Editura LiterNet
  • 2011 Star Fall (Romanian - German ), Dionysus, Germany - bilingual - Kindle Edition (Amazon). Translator Christian W. Schenk

Published in Germany

  • Copy of a nightmare, tales of Ana Blandiana, folk and world spectrum, 1988
  • Romania in Transition: Opportunities and problems of European integration by Lothar Maier, Holm Sundhaussen, Gabor Hunya, and Sorin Alexandrescu, Winkler, Dieter, 1993
  • The Applause Machine: A Novel by Ana Blandiana Steidl, Göttingen, 1993
  • Tight Learned by Ana Blandiana and Franz Hodjak, Ammann, 1994
  • Copy of a nightmare by Ana Blandiana, Gerhard Steidl Verlag, 1997
  • The applause machine novel by Ana Blandiana, Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt, 1997
  • Copy of a nightmare by Ana Blandiana, Fischer Verlag, 1999
  • The applause machine by Ana Blandiana, Gerhard Steidl Verlag, 1999
  • Star Fall: Poems by Ana Blandiana. From the Rumanian by Christian W. Schenk, Dionysus Verlag, 2002
  • The auction of ideas: Poems by Ana Blandiana. From the Rumanian by Hans Bergel, locust Reeg Verlag 2009
  • Watches on rails: Poems by Ana Blandiana. Selection and paraphrase from the Romanian by Franz Hodjak, Country Press 2010
  • In a Spanish hostel: Essays by Ana Blandiana. Edited by Catherine Kilzer, Edition Noack & Block 2012

Memberships

  • Founding member of the Civil Alliance, whose chairman, she was from 1991 to 2001
  • Founding member of the Foundation Civil Academy ( Civic Academy Foundation ), whose chairman is
  • Chairman of the Romanian P.E.N. clubs
  • Chairman of the Honorary Committee of the Romanian Writers' Union ( Uniunii Scriitorilor din România )
  • Member of the Académie de Poezie Mallarmé, Paris
  • Founding member of the Académie Mondiale de Poezie, which was founded in 2001 in Verona under the auspices of UNESCO.
  • 2001 Member of the Senate of the Civil Alliance

Scholarships

  • University of Iowa, USA (1973-1974, nine months )
  • University of Heidelberg (1991, two months)
  • Free University of Berlin (1993, six months)

Literary Awards

Awards

  • Knight of the Legion of Honour, France
  • Honorary Citizen of Timişoara
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