Where is automatism in the work of Chirico or Tanguy? Even Dali had to renounce it in order to be able to organize the space of the canvas according to the combined laws of dreams and pictorial aesthetics. — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody at the… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
I had severed relations with the Romanian exiles who had become politically conservative and even extremely right wing; I was giving chess lessons to… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Since adolescence I've had a passion for Romantic Fantastique literature, which continued with Expressionism and culminated with the genius of Kafka. It's that German… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
There is no one 'best set-up', there are many - you can get to mate in endless ways. And - don't forget! - in… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
It's true that in Romanian I feel more relaxed, as if I'm wearing slippers...but I came to this decision primarily for other reasons: I… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Vain Art of the Fugue was the only one of my novels to be met with relative public recognition: it was nominated for the… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
My first book published in France was translated and titled Exercices d'Attente in 1972. It was a collection of short works written and published… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Our Onirisme movement was a synthesis between the Romantic Fantastique and Surrealism. Dimov and I rejected automatic writing. We loved surrealist painters: Chirico, Magritte,… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
It's not the subject of narration that interests me, but the structure. That's why I stay in touch with my old works, which I… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
On the other hand, Surrealism has been a part of Romanian literature since forever. Even before Tzara, who was originally Romanian, we had Urmuz,… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Seine et Danube was launched in 2003 with the help of Romanian authorities who had finally realized the necessity of promoting literature and Romanian… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
After multiple trips to Paris and being accused of participating in 'heinous' activities in regard to the state, I found my Romanian nationality revoked… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
As my editor had no desire to frighten readers with the Romanian pages, he had them translated and published the whole thing in French… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
For me, literature is the daughter of music: a bit heavy and more level headed than its mother. Literature submits to the same principles… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
