The East was no longer a threat to the western world, and when there's nothing to fear we turn our backs, we look elsewhere. Eastern literature is still the poor relative that everyone wants to forget, the Cinderella who hasn't… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
But music doesn't sum up my approach to literature - even in Vain Art of the Fugue. To 'fugue' I had to invent 'trap-words,' or words that would force the narrator to turn around and start his path anew. — 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
