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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/3/2012
7:00 pm
Location
Poets House
Wheel with a Single Spoke: The Life and Work of Romanian poet Nichita Stanescu with Sean Cotter and others
EVENT LOCATION:
Kray Hall
ADMISSION:
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Often described as the greatest contemporary Romanian poet, Nichita Stănescu (1933-1983), “blasted open the prison gates of Socialist realism” (Andrei Codrescu) in Eastern Europe and changed the literary landscape forever. In celebration of the publication of Wheel with a Single Spoke and Other Poems, translated by Sean Cotter, this evening celebrates a powerful and visionary poet.
EVENT SPONSORED BY:
Poets House, co-sponsored by Archipelago Books and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York