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Romanian-Jewish Topics (Part I)

May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, quotations

Romanian-Jewish Topics (Part One of Two):
Quotations from an Alternative Anthology:
“Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”
Presented and edited by Constantin Roman, Preface by Catherine Durandin, published by the Centre for Romanian Studies (London), 2009
1,100 pages, 160 biographies, 600 quotations, 4,000 references, credits, discography and URLs , 6 Indexes
http://www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html
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Lauren BACALL,
“Betty” (née [...]

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ROMANIAN-JEWISH TOPICS: (Part two of two)

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, PEOPLE, Translations, quotations

ROMANIAN-JEWISH TOPICS: (PART TWO OF TWO)
(continued from Part ONE)
Quotations from an Alternative Anthology:
“Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”
Presented and edited by Constantin Roman, Preface by Catherine Durandin, published by the Centre for Romanian Studies (London), 2009
1,100 pages, 160 biographies, 600 quotations, 4,000 references, performances & exhibition credit, discography and URLs , 6 [...]

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Pourquoi Matisse?

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE

‘La Blouse roumaine’ de Matisse
En peignant La blouse roumaine, Henri Matisse donna à cette dernière une pérennité artistique et une reconnaissance internationale. En fait, la toile qui est aujourd’hui au Musée d’art moderne de Paris, était devenue le symbole de la roumanité et plus particulièrement de la féminité roumaine.
Mais POURQUOI une blouse roumaine ? Le [...]

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Alternative Romania: Women Celebrities an Anthology of Unsung Voices

May 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE

‘Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women’
An Anthology of 19th and 20th century Romanian Women
1,100 pages, Social and political Overview, 160 biographies, 600 Quotations, 4,000 references,
E-Book available to download,
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Examples of biographies:
ARISTOCRATS: Pss Catherine Caradja, Pss Marina Stirbey,
BALLERINAS: Alina Cojocaru, Magdalena Popa, Ruxandra Racovitza
COURTESANS: Pss Georges Ghika (Liane de Pougy), Elena Lupescu
DESIGNERS: [...]

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Romanian Destinies in The Times of London Obituary: Monica Lovinescu

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE

Romanian dissident whose broadcasts from exile in Paris enraged the communist authorities
Monica Lovinescu

Monica Lovinescu
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The voice of the journalist and human rights activist Monica Lovinescu in her regular Paris broadcasts to the people of Romania during the postwar decades became synonymous with freedom and was a lifeline for those listeners behind the Iron Curtain.

As a result she was severely beaten up on the orders of the communist authorities in Bucharest, and, in a vengeful act, her elderly mother was sent to prison, where she died.

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ROMANIA VAZUTA “ALTFEL”: ‘Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women’

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, Translations, quotations

ROMANIA VAZUTA “ALTFEL”:
‘Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women’
(O carte in limba Engleza, 1.100 pagini, 160 biografii)
De ce si pentru ce “altfel’?
Din mai multe puncte de vedere:
In primul rand mesajul lucrarii NU este unul ‘oficial’, parafat de cei care ne dramuiesc adevarul. Autorul este constient de faptul ca traim intr-o [...]

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An Alternative Anthology of Romanian Women

April 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books, PEOPLE, Reviews, Translations, quotations

‘Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women’
An E-Book Anthology by Constantin ROMAN
Synopsis
A Spanish grandee and Ambassador to the Court of St James’s once compared the success of an Anthology to that of a culinary chef d’oeuvre: for Santiago de Mora Figueroa y Williams, Marques of Tamarón, a great Anglophile but also a refined [...]

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Le rayonnement de la culture Roumaine en France

July 5th, 2006 · Comments Off · Books, PEOPLE, Reviews, Translations

Le rayonnement de la culture Roumaine en France
(Plaidoyer pour la traduction en Français de l’Anthologie “Blouse Roumaine” par Constantin ROMAN – Juin 2006)
Inspirée de la toile homonyme de Henri Matisse, oeuvre exposée au Musée d’Art Moderne du Centre Pompidou à Paris, “La Blouse Roumaine” est une anthologie des Femmes de Roumanie, présentant des [...]

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SMARANDA – In Memoriam Smaranda Braescu (1897-1948)

May 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · Books, PEOPLE, Poetry, Translations

NOTA BIOGRAFICA
Fragment din:
Blouse Roumaine – The Unsung Voices of Romanian Women
(Centre for Romanian Studies, London, 2009)
(1,100 pages, 160 Biographies, 600 quotations)
http://www.blouseroumaine.com/buy-the-book/index.html
SMARANDA BRAESCU s-a nascut intr-o familie de tarani moldoveni din judetul Barlad. A fost parasutista, pilot, campioana europeana la parasutism (1931) si mondiala (in 1932, cu recordul de 7.200m la Sacramento, SUA). Pentru acest record [...]

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Constantin ROMAN: “Blouse Roumaine” Extras (I) – ROMANCE la LONDRA

May 6th, 2006 · Comments Off · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE

CONFLUENTE CULTURALE ANGLO-ROMANE (I) –
ROMANCELE LA LONDRA
Cand trecea pe la Londra, Hotelul Savoy din Mayfair, era uneori resedinta Martei Bibescu, care consemna in jurnalul ei:
“Regele mi-a intrerupt visarea cu un mesaj de bun-venit – dar refuz sa fiu deranjata”.
Personajul acesta era George al V-lea, varul reginei Maria…Ei, cu o sotie atat de glaciala cum era [...]

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