Dialogue of the Wind and Sea

Poetesse extraordinaire, masterful translator of Shakespeare, Molière and Bertolt Brecht, utopia lover, famous for declaring that her "motherland has always been the Romanian Language", Nina Cassian (1924-2014) spent the last 30 years of her life in an, at the beginning, unwilling American exile which she soon assumed. She ended up conquering the English-speaking audiences and cultural milieus with her charisma and talent. Join us in celebrating this dazzling personality, one of the most important authors in the history of Romanian literature, at 100 years since her birth in Galați, Romania and ten years since her death in New York!

The event features the screening of Mona Nicoară and Dana Bunescu’s film, "The Distance Between Me and Me" followed by a conversation between Carmen Firan, celebrated author of "Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea, Nina Cassian in Conversation with Carmen Firan" and Alice Năstase-Buciuta, author of "Nina Cassian - A…