Dan Ionescu, Carta a Tetis, Poems in Spanish
Dan Ionescu, the author of the book published in Spanish, Carta a Tetis (Editorial Éride Ediciones, Madrid, 2020, due to the excellent Spanish translation by
Francisco Javier Bran Garcia and Dana Oprica), is a member of the 2000 Generation of Romanian poets who use reality as a source of inspiration for their
poetry. At the same time, they are sentimentally impacted by this issue. Thus,
their poetry would lose a significant part of its meaning if analysed only from
a structuralist point of view. If literary critics overlook the sentimental load of
these poets’ words, of their syntax, of their obstinacy to provide a genuine image of the human being and the world s/he lives in, they might provide a wrong
interpretation. For this reason, Geo Constantinescu, the author of this article,
performs a classic, impressionist analysis, so as to better decode the shades of
the poet’s experiences, his subtle psychology and the emotions in the contact
with reality that are inspired by each moment of his creation.
Key words: condition of poetry; Romanian spirituality; rural life; the city;
nature; memories; the paradise of childhood.
