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Conversations With Octavian Paler
''Conversations with Octavian Paler'' was published at Corinth Publishing House days after the passing of Octavian Paler by Daniel Cristea-Enache. Summary The book is a conversation between generations, from November, 2005, when Octavian Paler had just been awarded the Opera Omnia of the Writers Union, to April, 2007, the last recorded day being 29 April, just days before the writer's passing away.Convorbiri cu Octavian Paler, by Andrei Rosca, http://www.bookblog.ro/altele/convorbiri-cu-octavian-paler/ Writing to the proximity of death, Paler thought about the search for life's meaning and the maturity of old age, as in the statement: "Until old age we don’t have time to ask what is the meaning of life. We are too busy to live. At the old age we have time (even too much!) to do it, but then we face a painful discovery: life has meaning only if you’re not looking for it!" But this statement does not fade his love for life itself: "To love too much life is equal to no longer sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavian Paler
Octavian Paler ( or ; July 2, 1926 – May 7, 2007) was a Romanian writer, journalist, politician in Communist Romania, and civil society activist in post-1989 Romania. Biography Octavian Paler was born in Lisa, Brașov County. He was educated at Spiru Haret High School in Bucharest. In the summer of 1944, just one week before graduating the 7th grade, he was forced to leave the school because of an argument with his uncle and Spiru Haret's school head master – George Șerban. Octavian Paler moved on to Radu Negru High School in Făgăraș, where he studied literature for his final examination. He graduated in 1945 with magna cum laude and outstanding results in philosophy, Latin and Greek. He sat the final examination in Sibiu in the same year. Octavian Paler went on to study Philosophy and Law at the University of Bucharest. He died of a heart attack on May 7, 2007 at the age of 80. He was buried with military honours in the Sfânta Vineri Cemetery in Buchares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Romanian Writers
This is a list of Romanian writers. Literature Old literature *Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521) *Dosoftei (1624–1693) *Miron Costin (1633–1691) *Grigore Ureche (1590–1647) *Ion Neculce (1672–1744) *Antim Ivireanul (1650–1717) * Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716) *Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723) *Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869) 19th century Romantic writers *Dinicu Golescu (1777–1830) *Anton Pann (1790s–1854) * Ion Heliade-Rădulescu (1802–1872) *Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885) *Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1868) *Ion Ghica (1817–1897) * Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865) *Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895) * Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu (1838–1907) *Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887) *Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895) *Alecu Russo (1819–1859) *Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881) * Barbu Delavrancea (1858–1918) *Octavian Goga (1881–1938) *Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890) *Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920) *George Coșbuc (1866–1918) The classics *Ion Creangă (1839–1889) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |