Ion Vinea

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Ion Vinea.
Born April 17, 1895(1895-04-17)
Giurgiu
Died 1964, July 6 Bucharest

Ion Vinea, literary pseudonym of Ion Eugen Iovanaki, was a Romanian poet in the avant-garde movement. Co-editor (with Marcel Janco), of the Contimporanul magazine, that was the focus of Romanian modernism.

Life and work

Even from High school (St. Sava of Bucharest) he publish poetry with Tristan Tzara and Marcel Iancu in 'Simbol 1912' revue. After that he has a team around Contimporanul, that he leads bwtween 1922-1932, which is the main magazine for modernist and avant-garde writers.

The complete works

Poems, and prose poems
  • 'Charm and flowers lamp' [Descântecul şi Flori de lampă], Biblioteca Dimineaţa,1925
  • 'Paradise of Sighs' [Paradisul suspinelor], Cultura Națională Publishing House, Bucharest, 1930 (with 5 engraving, one a portrait by Marcel Iancu)
  • 'Time of fountains' [Ora fântânilor], E.L.P. Publishing House, Bucharest, 1964
  • 'Poems' [Poeme], Tineret Publishing House, Bucharest, 1969
  • 'Ornic rebellious: poems. (Sunday poems)' [Ornic nesupus: versuri. (Poezii de duminică)], Eus Publishing House, Chisinău, 1993 (antoloby by Leo Butnaru)
Prose
  • 'Lunatics' [Lunatecii], novel, E.L.P. Publishing House, Bucharest, 1965
  • 'The venom of may' [Venin de mai], unfinished novel, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1971
  • 'Literary journalism' [Publicistică literară], Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1977
  • 'Arrow and arabesque. Articles and pamphlets' [Săgeata şi arabescul. Articole şi pamflete],

Editura Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1984

  • 'Whisky Palace & alte elegii. Whisky Palace & altre elegie', Bastion Publishing House, Timişoara, 2008 (bilingual edition Romanian-Italian, critical antoloby by Geo Vasile).

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