Dangerous Caprices
By Nora Iuga
1998
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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray Nora Iuga created her title from this half-remembered quotation.Already at the age of 67 when Iuga brought out this collection, her typical subject-matter of love and sensuality and relationships had extended to include leave-taking and death - as well as language itself. Writing has a redemptive effect, and is sometimes the only way out of her 'ballpoint pen is equal to god'. This collection encompasses elements of surreality, captivating the reader with unexpected imagery. There is wistfulness, too, but Iuga is never bitter, and an undertone of irony is ever-present.
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Nora Iuga
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Nora Iuga, poeta, prozatoare si traducatoare, membra a Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romania. Autoare a mai multor volume de poezie – Vina nu e a mea (1968), Captivitatea cercului (1970), Scrisori neexpediate (1978), Opinii despre durere (1980; Premiul Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romania), Inima ca un pumn de boxeur (editia I, 1982; editia a II-a, 2000), Piata cerului (1986), Cintece (1989) – si de proza – Sapunul lui Leopold Bloom (editia I, 1993; editia a II-a, Polirom, 2007; Premiul Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romania), Sexagenara si tinarul (editia I, 2000; editia a II-a, Polirom, 2004; Premiul Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romania), Fasanenstraße 23 – O vara la Berlin (2001), Lebada cu doua intrari (2004), Hai sa furam pepeni (Polirom, 2009), Berlinul meu e un monolog (Cartea Romaneasca, 2010) –, precum si a poemului-roman Fetita cu o mie de riduri (2005; Premiul revistei Cuvintul). In 2007, a primit Premiul Friedrich-Gundolf, oferit de Deutsche Akademie fur Sprache und Dichtung, o recompensa care se acorda tuturor celor care contribuie la raspindirea culturii germane in lume. A tradus din August Strindberg, E.T.A. Hoffman, Nietzsche, Knut Hamsun, Barbara Bronnen, Elfriede Jelinek, Herta Muller, Ernst Junger, Oskar Pastior, Gunter Grass, Aglaja Veteranyi.
