Poetry
Țara fetelor
Not translated into English
Maria Banuș · 1937
Synopsis
The first collection by its author, a lyrical portrait of adolescence and the awakening of the senses according to the Encyclopaedia Judaica. Its images, drawn from nature, the buffalo, lilacs, stars or the apple, serve according to Serena Vinci as symbols of awakening desire, in an idyllic, pastoral setting tinged with sadness and weariness.
Context
The collection appeared in 1937 with Cultura Poporului, according to Serena Vinci, and brought together cycles that the author had first entrusted to journals. It received a cordial reception, and the Encyclopaedia Judaica says it made her famous. In an interview given to the journal Cronica in 1975, the author saw in childhood and adolescence the source from which her first poems had come. A poem from the book appeared in Italian, translated by Andrea Zanzotto and Dragoș Vrânceanu, in a selection published in 1964.
Who it is for
A first book of verse in Romanian, still in copyright; no French or English translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
Radio Romania International sees in it the revelation of one of the most original voices of her generation.
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