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Florenta Albu
Florenta Albu
Florenta Albu was born in a small village of the Lower Danube Plain. Issue of the kulak peasant class, she was barred from higher education. She worked as reporter for the Communist press documenting the 'merits' of socialism. She attended the popular university, the only institute of higher education open to kulaks, and graduated in French and Romanian Philology. She wrote many volumes of poetry but was first acknowledged as an accomplished writer late in her career. Ironically, having suffered under Communism, she fell victim to the economic conditions of the 'transition' period. Florenta Albu's poetic legacy is summed up by her friend Oana Orlea in conversation (July 2003): 'Florenta Albu's poetry can be seen as a requiem for a bygone era. Its tragic, meditative lyricism, punctuated with satirical flashes, denounce the rape of the body and of the spirit. There is nothing formal about her poetry, and her poetical language bears witness to a world in disarray.'
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