Matei Vişniec

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in Rădăuţi, Romania

January 29, 1956

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Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, Sa ...more

From an early age, Matei Vişniec discovered literature as a space dedicated to freedom. He draws his strengths from Kafka, Dostoevsky, Poe, Lautréamont. He loves the Surrealists, the Dadaists, absurd and grotesque theatre, surrealist poetry, fantastic literature, magical realism, even the realist Anglo-Saxon theatre. He loves everything except Socialist Realism.

Vişniec studied philosophy at Bucharest University and became an active member of the so-called Eighties Generation, who left a clear stamp on the Romanian literature. He believes in cultural resistance, and in literature’s capacity to demolish totalitarianism. Above all, Matei Vişniec believes that theatre and poetry can denounce manipulation through "great ideas", as well as brainw From an early age, Matei Vişniec discovered literature as a space dedicated to freedom. He draws his strengths from Kafka, Dostoevsky, Poe, Lautréamont. He loves the Surrealists, the Dadaists, absurd and grotesque theatre, surrealist poetry, fantastic literature, magical realism, even the realist Anglo-Saxon theatre. He loves everything except Socialist Realism.

Vişniec studied philosophy at Bucharest University and became an active member of the so-called Eighties Generation, who left a clear stamp on the Romanian literature. He believes in cultural resistance, and in literature’s capacity to demolish totalitarianism. Above all, Matei Vişniec believes that theatre and poetry can denounce manipulation through "great ideas", as well as brainwashing through ideology.

Before 1987 Matei Vişniec had made a name for himself in Romania by his clear, lucid, bitter poetry. Starting with 1977, he wrote drama; the plays were much circulated in the literary milieus but were barred from staging. In September 1987, Vişniec left Romania for France, where he was granted political asylum. He started writing in French and began working for Radio France Internationale. At the present time, Vişniec has had many of his works staged in France, and some twenty of his plays written in French are published (Actes Sud-Papier, L'Harmattan, Lansman). His plays have been staged in more than 20 countries. In Romania, after the fall of Communism, Matei Vişniec has become one of the most frequently performed authors.

The work of Matei Vişniec has been represented in London by the performance "The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War", staged at the Young Vic Theatre, in November 2000. The play received rave reviews in the British newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian. "The Story of the Panda Bears told by a Saxophonist who has a Girlfriend in Frankfurt" has been performed at the Edinburgh Festival (August 2005). The production is by Rouge28 Theatre, London.
In Unites States, the work of Matei Vişniec has been represented in New York, Chicago, New Jersey and Hollywood. ...more

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	داستان خرس‌های پاندا: به روایت یک ساکسیفونیست که دوست‌دختری در فرانکفورت دارد by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 4,183 ratings — published 1993 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تماشاچی محکوم به اعدام by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 630 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	پيکر زن همچون ميدان نبرد در جنگ بوسنی by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator), مهشاد مخبری (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 460 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	اسب‌های پشت پنجره by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 455 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	سه شب با مادوکس by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negustorul de începuturi de roman 4.16 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	پیکر زن هم چون میدان نبرد در جنگ بوسنی by Matei Vişniec, Tinouche Nazmjou (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 249 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sindromul de panică în Orașul Luminilor 4.21 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scrisori de dragoste către o prinţesă chineză 3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mansardă la Paris cu vedere spre moarte 4.35 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“هیچ چیز از آن انسان نیست
هرگز
نی قدرتش
نی ضعفش
و نی دلش حتی
و آن دم که دست ...
و آن دم که دست ...

اه لعنتی!

و آن دم که دست به آغوش می گشاید
سایه اش سایه صلیبی ست ...
و آن دم که می ‍پندارد خوشبختی را
در آغوش فشرده است
آن را له می کند.”
― Matei Vişniec, داستان خرس‌های پاندا: به روایت یک ساکسیفونیست که دوست‌دختری در فرانکفورت دارد

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“طبیعت از خلاء متنفره.قواعد طبیعت هیچ ربطی به صاعقه های وحشیگری انسان ها ندارن.طبیعت کاری با بی شرف ها نداره.تاثیرش رو با وجود اون ها ادامه می ده و اثرش مثل همیشه مرموز و سرشار از زیبایی ه.”
― Matei Vişniec, پيکر زن همچون ميدان نبرد در جنگ بوسنی

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“Cum să fac să nu o iau în brațe
când o văd trecând prin univers?

îmi fac o listă:
de pus mereu în buzunar un trotuar de rezervă, când o văd
că se apropie de mine scot trotuarul și trec pe partea cealaltă

mă prefac neatent, întorc capul spre zid mă zidesc în el
trec prin zid

sau:
mă întorc brusc și o iau la fugă înapoi, toată lumea va înțelege,
(am uitat ceva esențial, undeva, cu zece douăzeci treizeci
de ani în urmă, fug înapoi spre copilărie)

sau, și mai bine, când o văd că se apropie de mine
îmi ridic brațele, le transform în aripi, descopăr brusc
că sunt capabil să zbor, la revedere, Domnișoară
nu mai sunt obligat să mor dacă nu vă iau în brațe

sau, și mai bine, nu mă mai nasc, nu mai scriu nimic
nici măcar acest poem nu mai există

nu, nu pot să-i fac asta, ea trăiește cu un poem pe zi
mai bine mă prefac în poem
se va parfuma cu mine, se va lipi de mine la micul dejun
mă va citi poate de mai multe ori…”
― Matei Vişniec, Negustorul de începuturi de roman

tags: longing, love

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