Gellu Naum (Author of Zenobia)

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Gellu Naum

Born

in Bucure艧ti, Romania

August 01, 1915

Died

September 29, 2001

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Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Andr茅 Breton, Geo Bogza

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Gelu Naum was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group. The artist Lyggia Naum, his wife, was the inspiration and main character in his 1985 novel Zenobia.

Born in Bucharest, he was the son of the poet Andrei Naum (who had been drafted in World War I and died during the Battle of M膬r膬艧e艧ti) and his wife Maria Naum n茅e Rosa Gluck. In 1933, he began studying philosophy at the University of Bucharest. In 1938, he left for France, where he continued his studies at the University of Paris. He took his PhD diploma with a thesis on the scholastic philosopher Pierre Abelard.

In 1936 (the year when he published his first book), Naum met Victor Br Gelu Naum was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group. The artist Lyggia Naum, his wife, was the inspiration and main character in his 1985 novel Zenobia.

Born in Bucharest, he was the son of the poet Andrei Naum (who had been drafted in World War I and died during the Battle of M膬r膬艧e艧ti) and his wife Maria Naum n茅e Rosa Gluck. In 1933, he began studying philosophy at the University of Bucharest. In 1938, he left for France, where he continued his studies at the University of Paris. He took his PhD diploma with a thesis on the scholastic philosopher Pierre Abelard.

In 1936 (the year when he published his first book), Naum met Victor Brauner, who became his close friend and who later introduced him to Andr茅 Breton and his Surrealist circle in Paris.

In 1941, he helped create the Bucharest group of Surrealists (which also included Gherasim Luca, Paul P膬un, Dolfi Trost, and Virgil Teodorescu). Naum was drafted into Romanian Army during World War II and served on the Eastern Front after the invasion of the Soviet Union (see Romania during World War II). Marked by his wartime experience, he was discharged in 1944, after he had fallen ill.

In December 1947, the Surrealist group succumbed to the vicissitudes of postwar Soviet occupation and successful Communist takeover of Romania's government. As Socialist realism had officially become Romania's cultural policy, he could only publish books for children (out of which the two books with Apolodor were reissued several times). Although he published several books in the line of Socialist realism, which he reneged on afterwards, he never stopped writing Surrealist poems, such as the 1958 poem composed of several parts Heraclitus (published in the 1968 volume Athanor) or the esoteric manuscript The Way of the Snake, written in 1948鈥�1949 and published after his death, in 2002.

Between 1950 and 1953, he taught philosophy at the Agronomic Institute in Bucharest while working also as a translator. He translated works by Samuel Beckett, Ren茅 Char, Denis Diderot, Alexandre Dumas, p猫re, Julien Gracq, Victor Hugo, Franz Kafka, G茅rard de Nerval, Jacques Pr茅vert, Stendhal, and Jules Verne.

He resumed his literary career in 1968, in the wake of a relative cultural liberalization under Nicolae Ceau艧escu's regime.

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he traveled abroad and gave public readings in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. In 1995, the German Academic Exchange Service appointed him scholar at the University of Berlin. Naum spent much of his final years at his retreat in Comana. ...more

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	Zenobia 4.09 avg rating — 1,960 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cartea cu Apolodor 4.35 avg rating — 1,227 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A doua carte cu Apolodor 4.09 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	C膬r葲ile cu Apolodor 4.29 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apolodor, un pinguin c膬l膬tor by Gellu Naum, N. Nobilescu (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cel mai mare Gulliver by Gellu Naum, Irina Dobrescu (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Tired Father by Gellu Naum, James Brook (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calea 葮earpelui 4.75 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poezii (Opere, #1) 4.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Am sa viermuiesc singur, am sa umblu razna prin lume, ca un sicriu, purt卯nd 卯n mine imaginea ei aproape lesinata pe care o iubesc ne卯nchipuit de mult, am sa-i vorbesc, 卯n g卯nd, prin paduri si prin gari, am sa-i fac patul 卯n mine, s-o culc, 卯n fiecare seara, s-o 卯nvelesc 卯n c卯rpe, voi stiti foarte bine c卯te c芒rpe poarta 卯n sine fiecare dintre noi, si ea n-o sa-mi raspunda niciodata pentru ca n-o sa ma auda c卯nd o sa-i spun nani-nani, pentru ca acolo, 卯n mine, 卯n c卯rpele din ea, are sa-l 卯nveleasca pe iubitul ei care o va purta 卯nvelita 卯n c卯rpele din el si o va legana si 卯i va spune nani-nani si asa mai departe;”
― Gellu Naum, Zenobia

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“C芒te nu se 卯nt芒mpla 卯n noi si le uitam acolo ca 卯ntr-un ghiozdan si fiecare crede ca numai el stie lucrul acela pe care 卯l stiu foarte bine si altii.”
― Gellu Naum, Zenobia

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“卯ntelegeti ca traim 卯ntr-o pasare imensa care ne poarta 卯n ea”
― Gellu Naum, Zenobia

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