Iulian Vesper

Iulian Vesper (pen name of Teodor C. Grosu; November 22, 1908–February 11, 1986) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet and prose writer.

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Vesper's published debut took the form of poems that appeared in his high school magazine in 1924. His early poetry situated him within the Iconar group of Bukovina poets, who advocated metaphysical verses in an avant-garde style. His work appeared in Mircea Streinul's 1938 anthology Poeți tineri bucovineni. He published volumes of poetry (Echinox în odăjdii, 1933; Constelații, 1935; Poeme de Nord, 1937; Izvoare, 1942; Poezii, 1968; Ascultând nopțile, 1972; Al treilea orizont, 1979), historical fiction (Viața lui Mihai Viteazul, 1939; Chipuri domnești, 1944) and novels (Primăvara în țara fagilor, 1938; Glasul, 1957). His translations included Russian tales, Vasily Belov, the Kalevala and Louis Hémon. Aside from his hermetic poems and those which display a somewhat affected messianism, Vesper's poetry, innately romantic, is undoubtedly valuable. It reflects an authentic experience of awe in the face of death and its projection into a fabulous realm.^[1]

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