Description: The most comprehensive bilingual representation of Romanian poetry (English translation side by side with the Romanian original), this volume starts with the earliest discovered poems and continues through to contemporary poets.
Brief description: Adriana Paul has a particular affinity for translating poetry and song lyrics and has worked professionally in translation and interpreting, being fluent in five languages. Holding a Ph.D. in Physiology from the Université Laval (Quebec, Canada), Adriana has also worked as a scientist, conducting research and publishing in peer reviewed scientific magazines. Sydney based since her adolescence, Adriana is a Romanian-born lyric soprano. She has studied bel canto at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has been performing in Australia and Canada as a recital soloist, in shows and in shows and concerts, collaborating with renowned vocal groups such as The Tallis Scholars (UK) and Amarcord Ensemble (Germany).
Review Quotes:
MARTIN LANGFORD
"Congratulations to the editors and to the poets for the act of faith that poetry represents and for the skill with which this volume has been enacted: they produced for me, an Anglophone, an extraordinary opening into this Wonderland that is Romanian poetry. History will judge them as visionary."
"Felicitări editorilor și poeților pentru actul de credinţă pe care poezia îl reprezintă și pentru măiestria cu care au creat acest volum, descoperind astfel, acestui anglofon, o deschidere extraordinră în această Țară a Minunilor care este poezia românească. Istoria îi va eticheta drept vizionari."
ALEX ȘTEFĂNESCU
"Romanian Poetry from its origins to the present - this brilliant parade of Romanian lyricism, is now able to be appreciated not just by Romanians, but by every poetry lover who reads English, the lingua franca of our days. It seems like an encyclopedia, but it is really 1001 Nights. No similar book exists in the landscape of Romanian literature."
"Poezia Românească de la origini și până în prezent - această strălucitoare paradă a lirismului românesc, poate fi acum apreciată nu doar de români, dar și de iubitorii de poezie care citesc în limba engleză, această lingua franca a zilelor noastre. Pare o enciclopedie dar este de fapt 1001 de nopți. Nu mai există în literatura română o asemenea carte."