Symbolist poets

"Cathedrale" painting by Marcel Iancu - sold for 80,000 euro

The "Cathedrale" painting signed by Marcel Iancu was awarded on Tuesday at the avant-garde auction organized by Artmark for the price of 80,000 euro. The painting comes from the artist's collection and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Dadi Janco, Committee Marcel Janco, Tel Aviv, 23 June, 2011.

Summer Holiday with Excelsior in Bucharest: drama, dance and music each weekend throughout Aug. 30

The Excelsior Theatre House of Bucharest is inviting Bucharesters, May 29 - August 30, to a summer holiday with it, a project that provides outdoor stage plays, dance and music shows as well as film screenings, the theatre reports in a press release.

European poets, musicians to convene in Bucharest, Wed. through Sun.

Poets, musicians and representatives of some of Europe's most prestigious poetry houses will convene Wednesday through Sunday in Bucharest for the Bucharest International Poetry Fair, the National Trade Fair of Poetry Books and the Poetry and Jazz Marathon, organised by the National Museum of Romanian Literature.

Photo credit: (c) Grigore POPESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

President Iohannis: The most appropriate tribute to Eminescu would be to read a line of his work

President Klaus Iohannis says in a Facebook post that the most appropriate tribute to the national poet Mihai Eminescu on the latter's 165 years of birth anniversary would be for us to read a line of the great Romanian's poetry, prose or newspaper articles.

Photo credit: (c) ALEX MICSIK/AGERPRES FLOW