Remember: Eminescu
(1850 - 1889)
15 ianuarie 1850 - 15 ianuarie 2016;
166 years since the day of birth of Mihai Eminescu.
Every year at 15 january is the celebration of the day of birth of national poet Mihai Eminescu.
At the same time, starting with january, 15, 2011 it is celebrated , also, the National Day of Culture.
Peste Vârfuri de Mihai Eminescu
"Peste vârfuri trece luna,
Codru-şi bate frunza lin,
Dintre ramuri de arin
Melancolic cornul sună.
Mai departe, mai departe,
Mai încet, tot mai încet,
Sufletu-mi nemângâiet
Îndulcind cu dor de moarte.
De ce taci, când fermecată
Inima-mi spre tine-ntorn?
Mai suna-vei, dulce corn,
Pentru mine vre odată?"
Peste Vârfuri de Mihai Eminescu (Over The Tree Tops)
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!["Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku]; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's Manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul (The Vesper/The Evening Star/The Lucifer/The Daystar), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects."](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-A1QmO95iOeELzZDsAIFEEwovRmi2Mau97uTFqImfmv-ZmvUbbDPOlqB20Dfwou_XnuIy02G2-GU4usiFQXtgSWavWRornpcIyuKqlPvtLiJzzTiP6sK_2me9ydbOxRA4xWrd_eudyq7/s1600/IMGP4548.JPG "\"Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku]; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul (\"The Time\"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's Manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul (The Vesper/The Evening Star/The Lucifer/The Daystar), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects.\"")
Woods are dancing in the breeze,
Through the boughs of alders trees
Plays the horn a woeful tune.
Ever farther, far away,
Ever fainter is its breath,
But it salves with thirst for death
My sad soul, forlorn for aye.
Why should you keep silent when
My witched heart for you is bound?
Gentle horn, are you to sound
For my solace once again?"
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From Did you Know Category
"Mihai Eminescu* (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhai emiˈnesku]; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's Manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul (The Vesper/The Evening Star/The Lucifer/The Daystar), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects."
"Nicolae Iorga, the Romanian historian, considers Eminescu the godfather of the modern Romanian language.[citation needed] He is unanimously celebrated as the greatest and most representative Romanian poet." * Click to read more info about Eminescu on Wikipedia.
Despre Eminescu in media vremii.
Excerpts from romanian media. (Below)
Excerpts from romanian media. (Below)
Eminescu, ''poetul nepereche a cărui operă învinge timpul''
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| Sursa foto/Source of photo above: Academia Română |
Criticul literar Titu Maiorescu, mentorul ''Junimii'', spunea despre marele poet: ''Pe cât se poate omenește prevedea, literatura poetică română va începe secolul al XX-lea sub auspiciile geniului lui și forma limbei naționale, care și-a găsit în poetul Eminescu cea mai frumoasă înfăptuire până astăzi, va fi punctul de plecare pentru toată dezvoltarea viitoare a veșmântului cugetării românești.''
(...)
"În cartea dedicată vieții lui Mihai Eminescu, George Călinescu a scris: ''Astfel se stinse în al optulea lustru de viață cel mai mare poet pe care l-a ivit și-l va ivi vreodată, poate, pământul românesc. Ape vor seca în albie și peste locul îngropării sale va răsări pădure sau cetate, și câte o stea va veșteji pe cer în depărtări, până când acest pământ să-și strângă toate sevele și să le ridice în țeava subțire a altui crin de tăria parfumurilor sale''.
Primul care a intuit marele efect modelator al creației eminesciene a fost Titu Maiorescu: ''Eminescu a făcut ca toată poezia acestui secol să evolueze sub auspiciile geniului său, iar forma înfăptuită de el a limbii naționale să devină punctul de plecare pentru întreaga dezvoltare ulterioară a veșmântului și cugetării românești''.
Eminescu a fost o personalitate copleșitoare, care i-a impresionat pe contemporani prin inteligență, memorie, curiozitate intelectuală, cultura de nivel european, bogăția și farmecul limbajului. Din acest motiv putem spune că ''fără Eminescu am fi mai altfel și mai săraci" (Tudor Vianu).
''A vorbi de poet este ca și cum ai striga într-o peșteră vastă ... Nu poate să ajungă vorba până la el, fără să-i supere tăcerea. Numai graiul coardelor ar putea să povestească pe harpă și să legene, din depărtare, delicata lui singuratecă slavă'' (Tudor Arghezi)."
Eminescu, Veronica, Creangă - Primul film documentar (1914)
"Are titlul Eminescu, Veronica, Creangă și este primul film documentar despre Eminescu. A fost realizat de Octav Minar în 1914. Filmul a fost găsit la Arhiva Naţională de Filme de către Ion Rogojanu şi Dan Toma Dulciu. Filmul are 21 de minute şi a fost realizat în 1914, de Octav Minar, un cercetător controversat al vieţii lui Mihai Eminescu.
*Sursa/source of video: Internet/ you tube.
*Sursa/Source: Read for more info on Agerpres.ro
"Eminescu was only 20 when Titu Maiorescu, the top literary critic in 1870 Romania dubbed him "a real poet", in an essay where only a handful of the Romanian poets of the time were spared Maiorescu's harsh criticism. In the following decade, Eminescu's notability as a poet grew continually thanks to
(1) the way he managed to enrich the literary language with words and phrases from all Romanian regions, from old texts, and with new words that he coined from his wide philosophical readings;
(2) the use of bold metaphors, much too rare in earlier Romanian poetry;
(3) last but not least, he was arguably the first Romanian writer who published in all Romanian provinces and was constantly interested in the problems of Romanians everywhere.
He defined himself as a Romantic, in a poem addressed To My Critics (Criticilor mei), and this designation, his untimely death as well as his bohemian lifestyle (he never pursued a degree, a position, a wife or fortune) had him associated with the Romantic figure of the genius. As early as the late 1880s, Eminescu had a group of faithful followers. His 1883 poem Luceafărul was so notable that a new literary review took its name after it.
The most realistic psychological analysis of Eminescu was written by I. L. Caragiale, who, after the poet's death published three short care articles on this subject: In Nirvana, Irony and Two notes. Caragiale stated that Eminescu's characteristic feature was the fact that "he had an excessively unique nature". Eminescu's life was a continuous oscillation between introvert and extrovert attitudes.
"That's how I knew him back then, and that is how he remained until his last moments of well-being: cheerful and sad; sociable and crabbed; gentle and abrupt; he was thankful for everything and unhappy about some things; here he was as abstemious as a hermit, there he was ambitious to the pleasures of life; sometimes he ran away from people and then he looked for them; he was carefree as a Stoic and choleric as an edgy girl. Strange medley! – happy for an artist, unhappy for a man!" *
*Sursa/source: Click to read more info on Wikipedia; About Eminescu/ Romanian Culture
"Deşi a ajuns jurnalist printr-un concurs de împrejurări, Eminescu nu a practicat jurnalismul ca pe o meserie oarecare din care să-şi câştige pur şi simplu existenţa. Articolele pe care le scria au constituit o ocazie de a face cititorilor educaţie politică, aşa cum îşi propusese.
„Părerea mea individuală, în care nu oblig pe nimeni de-a crede, e că politica ce se face azi în România şi dintr-o parte şi dintr-alta e o politică necoaptă, căci pentru adevărata şi deplina înţelegere a instituţiilor noastre de azi ne trebuie o generaţiune ce-avem de-a o creşte de-acu-nainte. Eu las lumea ca să meargă cum îi place dumisale – misiunea oamenilor ce vor din adâncul lor binele ţării e creşterea morală a generaţiunii tinere şi a generaţiunii ce va veni. Nu caut adepţi la ideea cea întâi, dar la cea de a doua sufletul meu ţine ca la el însuşi." *
*Sursa/source: Wikipedia: Activitatea de jurnalist politic
(1) the way he managed to enrich the literary language with words and phrases from all Romanian regions, from old texts, and with new words that he coined from his wide philosophical readings;
(2) the use of bold metaphors, much too rare in earlier Romanian poetry;
(3) last but not least, he was arguably the first Romanian writer who published in all Romanian provinces and was constantly interested in the problems of Romanians everywhere.
He defined himself as a Romantic, in a poem addressed To My Critics (Criticilor mei), and this designation, his untimely death as well as his bohemian lifestyle (he never pursued a degree, a position, a wife or fortune) had him associated with the Romantic figure of the genius. As early as the late 1880s, Eminescu had a group of faithful followers. His 1883 poem Luceafărul was so notable that a new literary review took its name after it.
The most realistic psychological analysis of Eminescu was written by I. L. Caragiale, who, after the poet's death published three short care articles on this subject: In Nirvana, Irony and Two notes. Caragiale stated that Eminescu's characteristic feature was the fact that "he had an excessively unique nature". Eminescu's life was a continuous oscillation between introvert and extrovert attitudes.
"That's how I knew him back then, and that is how he remained until his last moments of well-being: cheerful and sad; sociable and crabbed; gentle and abrupt; he was thankful for everything and unhappy about some things; here he was as abstemious as a hermit, there he was ambitious to the pleasures of life; sometimes he ran away from people and then he looked for them; he was carefree as a Stoic and choleric as an edgy girl. Strange medley! – happy for an artist, unhappy for a man!" *
*Sursa/source: Click to read more info on Wikipedia; About Eminescu/ Romanian Culture
"Deşi a ajuns jurnalist printr-un concurs de împrejurări, Eminescu nu a practicat jurnalismul ca pe o meserie oarecare din care să-şi câştige pur şi simplu existenţa. Articolele pe care le scria au constituit o ocazie de a face cititorilor educaţie politică, aşa cum îşi propusese.
„Părerea mea individuală, în care nu oblig pe nimeni de-a crede, e că politica ce se face azi în România şi dintr-o parte şi dintr-alta e o politică necoaptă, căci pentru adevărata şi deplina înţelegere a instituţiilor noastre de azi ne trebuie o generaţiune ce-avem de-a o creşte de-acu-nainte. Eu las lumea ca să meargă cum îi place dumisale – misiunea oamenilor ce vor din adâncul lor binele ţării e creşterea morală a generaţiunii tinere şi a generaţiunii ce va veni. Nu caut adepţi la ideea cea întâi, dar la cea de a doua sufletul meu ţine ca la el însuşi." *
*Sursa/source: Wikipedia: Activitatea de jurnalist politic
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Arhiva foto privată/ Private photos archive.
Click to see enlarged views.
Series of photo instants,
up-close & collages in color and/or black & white.
up-close & collages in color and/or black & white.
Mihai Eminescu's poem: Sara pe Deal/Eve On The Hill :
"Dreary the horn sounds in the eve on the hill,
Sheepflocks return, stars on their way twinkle still,
Watersprings weep murmuring clear,
and I see Under an acacia tree,
love, thou art waiting for me."
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Have a positive and awesome year of 2016!
Be joyful, amazing and never give up to smile!
Stunning things are all over!
Stay positive, today, tomorrow and always!
Rămâi pozitiv, astăzi, mâine și întotdeauna!
So, very thankful, each and every day, to be inspired...All is well...
