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Marin Sorescu

I lived from 1936-1996. I was from Romania, and am in the European category.

Marin Sorescu (1936-96) was probably the most famous Romanian writer of the latter half of the 20th century due mainly to the fact that he was the most translated and published outside Rumania. More than a dozen books of his poetry and plays have appeared in English. Altogethjer he is author more than twenty collections of poetry. His final volume entitled “The Bridge” was published in 1997, shortly after his death. Much of this volume was dictated to his wife Virginia as he was too weak from liver cancer to write himself.

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  • Actors
    How naturally spontaneous -the actors!
    With sleeves rolled up,
    26 lines
  • Night
    Fame came to him
    Like the shadow of a mountain,
    19 lines
  • Getting Used to Your Name
    After you’ve learned to walk,
    Tell one thing from another,
    31 lines, 1 comment
  • The Whistle
    Suddenly a whistle
    Shrieks out
    43 lines
  • Omens
    If you meet a chair,
    that is good, you will go to Heaven.
    25 lines, 2 comments
  • I feel sorry
    I feel sorry for the butterflies
    When I turn off the light,
    18 lines
  • Superstition
    My cat washes
    with her left paw,
    37 lines
  • Hour-glass
    Do I slowly empty
    Or fill myself?
    7 lines
  • The Snail
    The snail’s covered up
    Its eyes with wax, sunk
    24 lines
  • Asking Too Much?
    ‘Suppose that, to give a few lectures,
    daily you had to commute
    71 lines
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