The Observer, in short
Lead article
Ovidiu Simonca writes that (although blocked by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu) the 50 per cent pay hike for teachers amounts to a manipulation of teachers’ votes.
Politics
Ciprian Ciucu agrees that the 50 per cent raise is politically motivated, as it always has been.
Bedros Horasangian reckons this November’s Parliamentary elections will be decided on the basis of salaries and pensions.
Bedros Horasangian reckons this November’s Parliamentary elections will be decided on the basis of salaries and pensions.
Latest
Riri Sylvia Manor writes about the vandalism that took place in the Jewish Cemetery on Giurgiu Road in Bucharest.
The Observer takes a look at the US Presidential election Alexandru Hancu and Radu Jorgensen sign the contributions.
Doina Ioanid and Oana Cristea Grigorescu report on the “Romanian New Text Stock Market” Festival, which took place at the Ariel Theatre in Tirgu Mures between October 23 and October 26.
The Observer takes a look at the US Presidential election Alexandru Hancu and Radu Jorgensen sign the contributions.
Doina Ioanid and Oana Cristea Grigorescu report on the “Romanian New Text Stock Market” Festival, which took place at the Ariel Theatre in Tirgu Mures between October 23 and October 26.
Book reviews
Carmen Musat and Bianca Burta-Cernat comment on Filip Florian’s Zilele regelui (The Days of the King, Iasi: Polirom, 2008).
Silvia Dumitrache dips into Peter Ackroyd’s Ultimul testament al lui Oscar Wilde (The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, translated by Sanda Aronescu. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2007).
Essay
Delia Ungureanu reads Milan Kundera’s novels through the lens of his Art of the Novel (Arta romanului, translated by Simona Cioculescu . Bucharest: Humanitas, 2008).
Dana Pirvan-Jenaru tells us about Toma Pavel’s Gindirea romanului (The Thought of the Novel, translated by Mihaela Mancas. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2008).
Dana Pirvan-Jenaru tells us about Toma Pavel’s Gindirea romanului (The Thought of the Novel, translated by Mihaela Mancas. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2008).
Literary history
Geo Serban takes us back to the 1960’s and remembers his visits to interwar poet Tudor Arghezi.
Profile
The Observer commemorates Dan Horia Mazilu, professor of Early Romanian Literature the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest. Professor Mazilu died on September 16. Laura Mesina, Cristina Bogdan, Silvia-Marin Barutcieff, Alexandra Craciun, Gabriel Mihaliescu and Mihai Moraru sign the contributions.
Interview
Mihail Vakulovski interviews novelist Mitos Micleusanu.
International
Rafael Pisot comments on the Spanish success of Ana Blandiana’s Projectos del Pasado (Projects of the Past, translated by Viorica Patea. Madrid: Periferica,).
Arts
Theatre
Iulia Popovici interviews polish critic Maciej Nowak.
Iulia Popovici interviews polish critic Maciej Nowak.
Film
Ileana Birsan comments on Nicolae Margineanu’s Schimb valutar (Currency Exchange), which premiered on October 24.
Mihai Fulger looks at the 24th Warsaw Film Festival, which ran from October 10 through October 19.
Iaromira Popovici looks back at Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde and Ridley Scott’s Thelma and Louise.
Visual arts
Maria-Magdalena Crisan visits Cela Neamtu’s tapestry exhibit at Orizont Gallery, on view through December 6.
Cosmin Ungureanu continues his reportorial museum tour with a stop at the Fritz Mayer van der Bergh Museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
Maria-Magdalena Crisan visits Cela Neamtu’s tapestry exhibit at Orizont Gallery, on view through December 6.
Cosmin Ungureanu continues his reportorial museum tour with a stop at the Fritz Mayer van der Bergh Museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
Music
The Observer goes to the Masters of Jazz Festival in Bucharest, from October 23 through October 26. Mihai Plamadeala, Florian Baiculescu, and Alexandru Sipa sign the contributions.
Anca Florea goes to the Bucharest National Opera at the startS of the 2008-2009 season: Opera Rara (Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi) on October 7, Madama Butterfly on October 10 and Aida on October 23.
The Observer goes to the Masters of Jazz Festival in Bucharest, from October 23 through October 26. Mihai Plamadeala, Florian Baiculescu, and Alexandru Sipa sign the contributions.
Anca Florea goes to the Bucharest National Opera at the startS of the 2008-2009 season: Opera Rara (Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi) on October 7, Madama Butterfly on October 10 and Aida on October 23.
Focus
Iulia Popovici goes to the 1st International Literature Festival. Oorganized around the theme of “Re-Writing the Map of Europe,” the festival unfolded at the Romanian Peasant Museum and at Peasant’s Club, from October 29 through October 31.
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