Mihai Eminescu - The Legend of the Evening Star & Selected Poems: Translations by Adrian G. Sahlean

Poems and prose by Romanian 'national poet' Mihai Eminescu (1850 -1889), considered Europe's last great Romantic poet and celebrated by UNESCO as Year-2000-Poet-of-the-Year. Translator Adrian G. Sahlean is viewed as the poet's premier voice in English, and his rendition of Eminescu's masterpiece "Legenda Luceafarului" (The Legend of the Evening Star) was twice staged off-Broadway in 2005 and 2008. The mirror display of texts in the bilingual volume allows for instant comparison of the original with the English version for those with philological inclination. Revered and celebrated by Romanians the world over, Mihai Eminescu is often described as the essence of the Romanian soul. His work encompassed every genre of poetry as well as prose, fiction and journalism, and helped modernize the literary use of the Romanian language. Eminescu is considered Europe's last great Romantic poet, but his legacy transcends the confines of Romanticism, Western traditions in literature and philosophy, and influences from the Far East; blessed with the touch of genius, his synthesis creates a personal world illuminating the life of man, and the cosmos, in archetypal images of universal appeal.

Author: Adrian George Sahlean
Publisher: Global Arts Inc.
Published: 05/06/2021
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780965060622

About the Author
Sahlean, Adrian George: - Adrian George Sahlean. Born in Romania, and a U.S. citizen since 1991, Mr. Sahlean holds Master's Degrees in English & Spanish philology (Bucharest, 1975), psychoanalysis (Boston, 1995) and is a certified clinical psychoanalyst (2002). Mr. Sahlean is the author of literary translations of poetry, short stories, memoirs, plays, fairytales and children's books. His meter-and-rhyme English renditions from the Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) earned several international awards, including the UNESCO Gold Prize (2000), the LiterArt XXI Grand Prize (2002), and the National Center for Eminescu Studies Award for Translation (2016). In 2015, the volume of essays on literary translation Migalosul Cronogfag (The Painstaking Chronophage), won the Book-of-the-Year award from the Romanian Writers Union. The theatrical production of The Legend of the Evening Star, based on his translation of Eminescu's masterpiece Luceafărul, was twice staged off-Broadway in 2005 and 2008. Over the last decade, Mr. Sahlean performed poetry recitals of his translations in several U.S. and Canadian cities. Mr. Sahlean is the co-founder and president of Global Arts (2004) (www.globalartsnpo.org), a non-profit organization promoting Romanian literature, art and music to the American public. He is a member of the Romanian Writers Union, American Literary Translators Association, American Romanian Academy, and Society of Modern Psychoanalysts. He lives outside Boston, MA. Contributor's Prior Work Mr. Sahlean is the author of literary translations of poetry, short stories, memoirs, plays, fairytales and children's books. His meter-and-rhyme English renditions from the Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) earned several international awards, including the UNESCO Gold Prize (2000), the literary XXI Grand Prize (2002), and the National Center for Eminescu Studies Award for Translation (2016). In 2015, the volume of essays on literary translation Migalosul Cronogfag (The Painstaking Chronophage), won the Book-of-the-Year award from the Romanian Writers Union.

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