Books Quote by Dumitru Tepeneag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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