Matei Vișniec
| Matei Visniec | |
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.JPG) Matei Visniec (2012) | |
| Native name | Matei Vișniec |
| Born | 29 January 1956 |
| Occupation | playwright, poet, novelist |
| Language | Romanian, French |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Ethnicity | Romanian |
| Citizenship | French[1] |
| Education | Faculty of History and Philosophy |
| Alma mater | Bucharest University |
| Period | 1975- 1980 |
| Genre | postmodernism[2] |
| Notable works |
The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War The Story of the Panda Bears told by a Saxophonist who has a Girlfriend in Frankfurt |
| Notable awards |
2007, 2002 and 1999 - Drama Award of the Romanian Writers' Union European Award of The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) |
| Years active | 1977- |
| Spouse | Andra[2] |
| Children | one daughter[2] |
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Matei Vişniec Romanian pronunciation: [maˈtej viʃˈnjek]; born January 29, 1956 in Rădăuţi) is a Romanian-French playwright, poet and journalist living in Paris.
He is internationally known especially for his writings in the French language.
He graduated in 1980 from the History and Philosophy Faculty of the University of Bucharest.[2] Between 1977 and 1987 he wrote 8 plays in two or three acts, about twenty short plays, and some screenplays, but all were turned down by the censors.[2] In 1987 he was invited to France by a literary foundation, and he asked for political asylum. Between August 1988 and October 1989 he lived in London, where he worked for the Romanian section of the BBC.[2]
After settling down in France, he has been writing mostly in French, and has received French citizenship. After the fall of communism in Romania, in 1989, Matei Visniec became one of the most performed playwrights in the country, with more than 30 plays put on in Bucharest and other towns. In 1996 the National Theatre of Timisoara organized a Matei Visniec Festival with 12 companies presenting his plays. His international audience as a playwright started in 1992, with the play Horses at the Windows performed in France, and Old Clown Wanted at the "Bonner Biennale".
Since then, Visniec has had more than 20 plays performed in France (Théâtre Guichet Montparnasse, Studio des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Rond-Point de Champs Elysées - Paris, Théâtre de l'Utopie - La Rochelle, Compagnie Pli Urgent - Lyon, Théâtre Le Jodel - Avignon, Théâtre de Lenche and Théâtre de la Minoterie - Marseille, Compagnie Nice-Théâtre Vivant - Nice, etc.). Old Clown Wanted has been performed in: France, Germany, United States, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Brazil, Romania, Moldavia, and Georgia.[3]
He is working as a journalist at Radio France Internationale.[1]
Writings
Poetry
- La noapte va ninge ("Tonight It Will Snow"), Bucharest, Alb., 1980
- Oraşul cu un singur locuitor ("The Town With a Single Inhabitant"), Bucharest, Alb., 1982
- Înţeleptul la ora de ceai ("The Sage at the Tea Hour"), Bucharest, CR, 1984
- Poeme ulterioare ("Subsequent Poems") (1987-1999), Bucharest, CR, 2000
Prose
- Cafeneaua Pas-Parol, novel, Bucharest, FCR, 1992
Plays in Romanian
- Ţara lui Gufi ("Gufi's Land", three-act play), Bucharest., IC, 1991
- Angajare de clovn ("Hiring a Clown", published in the same volume as Evangheliştii by Alina Mungiu), foreword by Marian Popescu, Bucharest., Ed. Unitext, 1993
- Teatru, vol. I-II, foreword by Valentin Silvestru, Bucharest, CR, 1996 1991-1995)
Plays in French
- Personne n’a le droit de traîner sans armes sur un champ de bataille, 1991
- Le marchand de temps, 1992
- Les partitions frauduleuses, 1993
- Hécatombéon, 1993
- Théâtre décomposé ou L’homme-poubelle, 1993
- La grammaire du silence, 1994
- Trois nuits avec Madox, 1994
- L’histoire des ours pandas racontée par un saxophoniste qui a une petite amie à Francfort, 1994
- Cils interdits pendant la nuit, 1995
- Paparazzi ou la chronique d’un lever de soleil avorté, 1995
- Comment pourais-je être un oiseau?, 1996
- Du sexe de la femme comme champ de bataille dans la guerre en Bosnie, 1996
Style
One literary critic considers his plays to be "bizarre, unclassifiable".[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Matei Vişniec, Doctor Honoris Causa al Universităţii "Ovidius" Constanţa". Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Stefanescu, Alex. (2003). "Matei Vişniec" (45). Romania literara. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ "MATEI VISNIEC". Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ Stefanescu, Alex. (2003). "Matei Vişniec" (46). Romania literara. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
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