Valery Oisteanu

Valery Oişteanu (born September 3, 1943) is a Soviet-born Romanian and American poet, art critic, essayist, photographer and performance artist, whose style reflects the influence of Dada and Surrealism.[1] Oişteanu is the author of more than a dozen published books of poetry, a book of short fiction, and a book of essays.[1] He is the brother of Romanian historian of religion, cultural anthropologist and writer Andrei Oişteanu.

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Biography

Oişteanu was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, raised and educated in Romania. He graduated from the Department of Chemical Industry of the Politechnical Institute in Bucharest.

In 1970, Oişteanu made his literary debut in Romania with a collection of poems called Proteze. Due to his Jewish ancestry, the communist regime allowed him to emigrate to New York City in 1972 or 1973, and he has been writing in the English language ever since.[2]

Oişteanu adopted Dada and Surrealism as a philosophy of art and life.[1] He appears regularly at poetry readings in various New York venues, where he presents original performances of Zen and Dada-inspired "jazzoetry".[2] He is a freelance art critic and on the permanent staff of several arts magazines, including The Brooklyn Rail, NYArts, Rain Taxi,[1] the Spanish publication art.es,[2] and the Canadian magazine D'Art International. Oişteanu is a member of Poets and Writers Inc. in New York and the founder and president of PASS: Poets and Artists Surrealist Society.

Poetry written in English

Poetry written or translated to Romanian:

Prose written in English

References

  1. ^ a b c d Oisteanu, Valery (October 24, 2006). "Support Peace or IÂ�ll Kill You!". Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus. http://www.fpif.org/articles/support_peace_or_ill_kill_you. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Oisteanu, Valery (Fall 2009). "Eugene Ionesco's Centennial 1909-2009". "the rivers of it, abridged". BigCityLit.com. http://www.bigcitylit.com/bigcitylit.php?inc=fall09/articles/oisteanu. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 

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