Sunday, January 12, 2020
Homage to George Bacovia in Bacau
2021 will represent an
important year, from a cultural perspective, for my residence city - Bacău,
which will mark an historical boundary: 140 years since the birth of the most
famous local poet, George Bacovia (born in 1881).
To honor his memory, starting
with the first part of 2020, we decided to start making a cartoon-portrait
album to symbolize both the human and the poetic side of our great poet.
The cartoon collection will be
included in an extended art album called "George Bacovia -
Iconography" (Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Cartoon). This project will
be a very important one for the entire Romanian cultural landscape and will
represent an additional reason of pride for the inhabitants of the city of
Bacău.
I would be more than honored
if you could contribute with a cartoon portrait to the compendium I want to
make, so I invite you to write together a new tab in the cultural history of my
community.
Regarding the deadline for
submitting your work, this is May 2020.
In case you will confirm the
participation, you can see below a link with some cartoon portraits symbolizing
our poet, George Bacovia.
Looking forward for a
productive collaboration,
With all due respect, Victor
Eugen Mihai – VEM
Please see below some details
about our poet, George Bacovia
• Inspired by French symbolist
poets, George Bacovia has been considered the father of Romanian symbolism, his
work from the second part of life being later described as neo-symbolist,
surrealist and seen as a basis for modern Romanian poetry.
• George Bacovia was one of
the greatest Romanian poets of all time, his poetry being a matter of study
subject at both high school and secondary school.
• After his death, Bacău was
nicknamed the “City of Bacovia”.
