Eta Boeriu (born Margarita Caranica; February 23, 1923 in

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– November 13, 1984 in

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) was a

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n poet,

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and translator. Involved in the

Sibiu Literary Circle The Sibiu Literary Circle ( ro, Cercul literar de la Sibiu) was a literary group created during World War II in Sibiu to promote the modernist liberal ideas of Eugen Lovinescu. The group was formed around Lucian Blaga and other intellectuals from ...

(which disbanded in 1945),Petru Poantă, ''Cercul literar de la Sibiu. Introducere în fenomenul originar'', Clusium, Cluj-Napoca, 1997. she was especially known for her work as a translator of

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Selected works

Poetry

*''Ce vânăt crâng'', 1971 *''Dezordine de umbre'', 1973 *''Risipă de iubire'', 1976 *''Miere de întuneric'', 1980 *''La capătul meu de înserare'', published posthumously, 1985

Translation

Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was somet ...

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The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...

'' (as ''Decameronul'') *

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

, ''

Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and ...

'' (as ''Divina comedie'') *

Baldassare Castiglione Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (; 6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529),Dates of birth and death, and cause of the latter, fro, ''Italica'', Rai International online. was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissanc ...

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The Book of the Courtier ''The Book of the Courtier'' ( it, Il Cortegiano ) by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or (in the third chapter) court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a Prince or pol ...

'' (as ''Curteanul'') *

Francesco Petrarca Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

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Il Canzoniere ''Il Canzoniere'' (; en, Song Book), also known as the ''Rime Sparse'' ( en, Scattered Rhymes), but originally titled ' ( en, Fragments of common things, that is ''Fragments composed in vernacular''), is a collection of poems by the Italian hum ...

'' (as ''Canţonierul'')

References

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Laszlo Alexandru Laszlo Alexandru (born May 4, 1966, Cluj) is a Romanian essayist, literary critic, literary historian, translator and journalist. He is Italian teacher. He is editor of ''E-Leonardo'' cultural magazine and coordinator of the Italian collection a ...

Dante tradotto da Eta Boeriu
in ''E-Leonardo'', Nr.10 Romanian women poets Romanian literary critics Romanian women literary critics Romanian translators People from Turda 1923 births 1984 deaths 20th-century translators 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian women writers {{romania-writer-stub