Poetry
Tiraspolul
Not translated into English
Leonid Corneanu · 1932
Synopsis
A portrait of Tiraspol, then the young capital of Soviet Moldavia: its great building sites, the majesty of its new buildings and the future promised to this socialist city that is being built.
Context
The text appeared in Tiraspol in 1932; its author had published his first verses in 1929 in Moldova literară, under his birth name, and a first collection in 1930. The Soviet Literary Encyclopedia of 1934 ranked the young Cornfeld among the poets of the building sites of socialism. He went on to produce children's books, collections of songs of the country, whose authenticity George Meniuc disputed, and plays staged in Moldovan theatres.
Who it is for
In Moldovan; knowing that the city was then a new capital, still being built, helps in reading it.
Prizes and reception
The title with which its author is first identified, along with his collections of popular songs.