Argotice: cîntece la drumul mare : versuri

by Nichita Stănescu

Romanian

Genres: Romanian Literature, Poetry

157 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

He made his literary debut in the Tribuna literary magazine.

For much of his career, Stănescu was a contributor to and editor of Gazeta Literară, România Literară and Luceafărul.

His editorial debut was the poetry book Sensul iubirii ("The Aim of Love"), which appeared under the Luceafărul selection, in 1960. The last volume of poetry published in his lifetime was Noduri şi semne ("Knots and Signs"), published in 1982. He died of hepatitis.

Nichita Stănescu received numerous poetry awards, of which the most important was the Herder Prize (1975) as well as a Nobel Prize nomination.
Unfortunately, he died relatively young, leaving behind some of the most important poetry in post-war Romanian literature.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[L.S. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Argoticele este un volum de versuri neomogen si constituie - asa cum spune si subtitlul - niste "cantece la drumul mare". Nu poti sa nu te gandesti la "Canticele tiganesti ale lui Paraschivescu", insa versurile lui Stanescu sunt mul mai putin inspirate. Sunt ceea ce s-ar numi folclor urban, pe alocuri zic ca nu fac mare cinste autorului lor: cam ce puteai auzi la colt de strada in Ploiesti. Nu pot fi incadrate deloc la Poezie.
Meritul acestei plachete - daca exista vreunul! - este acela ca aduce cititorului si cateva dintre poeziile publicate in diverse reviste literare. De asemenea se cuvine sa remarc saltul calitativ al compozitiilor notate de editor in anii '60.

[Socrate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ars poetica


Cuvantul moare in tacere
Se sbate injunghiat de vis
si vrea bacsis si vrea durere,
si-ntinde pumnul drept, deschis

Atata aur pe icoane
prea in zadar s-a spalacit,
caci gaozarii cu plocoane
abia acum au conacit

Si-si geme-n sine universul
betia stearpa de hasis
Ma doare surd,
ma taie versul
cum simti nevoia sa te pisi.



Bucuresti, Vineri 11 Martie 1955

[Raluca Colac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Inima
fii simpla ca moartea
Lucrurile simple nu se pot dovedi
si sunt atatia morti in jur ...