Iubiți-vă pe tunuri

by Adrian Păunescu

„Prin acest volum de exceptie, Iubiti-va pe tunuri (1981), Adrian Păunescu umple un mare gol in poezia de azi pornita spre un discurs textualizat sau texistentializat (cu un termen impus in postmodernism), sofisticat si ludizat: lirica de dragoste. In umbra tiranica a intelectualizarii, aceasta a devenit o adevarata rara avis, un bibelou de portelan printre gramezile de jucarii tehnicizate. [...]

Datoram, prin urmare, lui Adrian Paunescu un act recuperator: el repune in drepturi sentimentul si, impreuna cu acesta, poeticul pur de care vorbea Mikel Dufrenne. Sarbatoarea intelectului ravnita de Paul Valery redevine, in Iubiti-va pe tunuri, sarbatoare a trairii afective.“ - Acad. Mihai Cimpoi

Genres: Poetry, Romanian Literature

384 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2014

About the author

Adrian Păunescu (20 July 1943 – 5 November 2010) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and politician. Though criticised for praising dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu was called "Romania's most famous poet" in an Associated Press story, quoted by the New York Times.
Born in Copăceni, Bălţi County, in what is now the Republic of Moldova, Păunescu spent his childhood in Bârca, Dolj County. He did his secondary studies at Carol I High School in Craiova.

Păunescu studied philology at the University of Bucharest and became a writer and journalist. He was an influential public figure for Romanian youth throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Though he was criticised for writing flattering poems about dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu remained popular in Romania, where he appeared on television several times a week.

As posthumously summarized by newspaper România Liberă, Păunescu "is still viewed as a hero by the man in the street" although "intellectuals continue to question his integrity and the literary value of his work".

Vladimir Tismaneanu called him "the supreme sycophant of the Ceausescu era."

A member of the Union of Communist Youth between 1966 and 1968, and, between 1968 and 1989, of the Romanian Communist Party, Păunescu gained control over a major weekly publication, Flacăra and became the producer and host of the only itinerant folk and pop show in the country, Cenaclul Flacăra, founded in 1973. He was a member of the Romanian Communist Party Central Committee and "court poet" of the dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Reviews

[Paul-Iustin Nistor · Rating 4 out of 5]

indemn la sex

[Alina Bogateanu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adrian Paunescu este unul dintre poetii mei preferati. Il recomand!

[Alin Vrăbiescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This poetry book is faraway one of the Romanian writer`s best books. Surprising metaphors and a very solid construction, the book is both esoteric and melodic, so the reader is always satisfied. Some alike the famous and marvelous Old Testament The Sing of the Sing`s book, Iubiti-va pe tunuri, suscite the reader`s imagination and taste for beauty. A work of art, this book captivate you, but also intricate through the infinity of definitions of Love. Love becomes the Engine of the book, and the lover it`s food. In conclusion, this is a must read poetry book.