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ARCA Nr. 7-8-9/2017 În Format nr. 7-8-9 (328-329-330), 2017 revistă lunară de literatură, eseu, arte vizuale, muzică, fondată în februarie 1990 la Arad Redactor-şef fondator: Vasile Dan Editor: CENTRUL CULTURAL JUDEŢEAN ARAD Apare sub egida Uniunii Scriitorilor din România Anul XXVIII, nr. 7-8-9 (328-329-330), 2017 REDACŢIA: Romulus Bucur (redactor-şef adjunct), Ioan Matiuţ, Gheorghe Mocuţa, Carmen Neamţu, Onisim Colta (prezentare artistică), Andrei Mocuţa, Călin Chendea (DTP, design, web-design) Horia Ungureanu (corectură) REDACTORI ASOCIAŢI: Lucia Cuciureanu, Lajos Nótáros, Gheorghe Schwartz, Ciprian Vălcan ADRESA: Bulevardul Revoluţiei, 103, 310122 Arad, România tel./fax. 40-357-405427 www.uniuneascriitorilorarad.ro e-mail: [email protected] Revista „Arca” este membră a Asociaţiei Revistelor, Imprimeriilor şi Editurilor Literare (A.R.I.E.L.), asociaţie cu statut juridic, recunoscută de către Ministerul Culturii. I.S.S.N. 1221-5104 Tipărit la TRINOM SRL Arad Pe coperta I: Onisim Colta, Perete de biserică (detaliu) Responsabilitatea opiniilor, ideilor şi atitudinilor exprimate în articolele publicate în „Arca” revine exclusiv autorilor lor. Sumar CRONICA LITERARĂ Vasile Dan Ulise valahul (despre Adam Puslojić) ....................................................7 Gheorghe Mocuţa Magda Cârneci: energii şi delire ...................................................11 Romulus Bucur Scopul şi mijloacele (despre Florin Dumitrescu) ...................................18 DIALOG „Sunt deleuzian, un fel de vitalist agnostic şi sunt de acord că speranţa e o pasiune tristă, iar veselia o putere de expansiune” interviu realizat de Ciprian Vălcan cu Tomás Abraham ...................22 „Eu nu am trac niciodată” interviu realizat de Titus Crişciu cu Nora Iuga ................................... 26 ARTE VIZUALE Claudiu Groza Primul Start! ..................................................................................36 Onisim Colta Maeştri arădeni la Galeria „Delta”................................................41 PRO MUSICA Călin Chendea Optimistul neînţeles ..................................................................... 57 7-8-9, 2017 3 Sumar POEZIE Ramona Băluţescu .................................................................................. 63 Vasile Mic ................................................................................................ 71 Proză Dana Gheorghiu Vina .............................................................................................. 83 Andrei Mocuţa .............................................................................. 92 Cornel Nistea Vânzătorul de apă colorată ........................................................ 105 Aurora Dumitrescu La Mănăstirea Kopan ................................................................. 111 RESTITUIRI Lucian-Vasile Szabo Camil Petrescu şi verbul jurnalistic ........................................... 117 Dumitru Vlăduţ Semnificaţia unei reeditări ......................................................... 125 Iulian Negrilă Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890) ................................................... 131 LECTURI PARALELE Gheorghe Schwartz J. D. Salinger, o autobiografie operă (despre Andrei Mocuţa) .......... 134 Seducţia (despre Florin Ardelean) ...................................................... 142 Radu Ciobanu Călător per pedes (despre Patrick Leigh Fermor) ................................ 147 Ionel Bota Oraşul, o amintire onirică. Despre poezia lui Matei Vişniec .... 155 Constantin Dehelean Arta paricidului, o ecuaţie deschisă, cu multe necunoscute (despre Cornel Ungureanu) ................................................................. 161 7-8-9, 2017 Sumar Simona Constantinovici Stilul care îşi respectă cititorii (despre Luiza Caraivan) .................... 168 Daniela Şontică Pledoarie pentru fi rul de aur (despre Mihail Neamţu) .....................174 Oana Neicu Literaturile române postbelice (despre Ion Simuţ) ......................... 178 Luiza Caraivan Pasaje despre iubire şi revoltă (despre Alexandra Pârvan) ................. 181 Carmen Neamţu Ce curiozităţi mai aveţi? (despre Cristian Pătrăşconiu) ...................... 185 Felix Nicolau Caraghioasa Epocă de Aur (despre Camelia Iuliana Radu) ................. 188 Vasile Dan Poezia eufonică (despre Ovidiu Someşan) ........................................ 192 Petru M. Haş Poezie şi istorie literară (despre Ion Cocora) .................................. 195 Gheorghe Mocuţa Nicolae Kőmives, un grefi er al conştiinţei şi spaimelor ............ 199 Lucia Cuciureanu Cronica unui Imperiu anunţat (despre Marius Oprea) ..................... 203 Horia Ungureanu Un debut convingător (despre Eugen D. Pădurean) ............................ 208 Romulus Bucur Ce & cum (despre Sorin Gherguţ) ...................................................... 212 Ioan Matiuţ Poetica morţii (despre Lazăr Magu) ................................................. 215 Constantin Butunoi Poft iţi la masa literaturii (despre Florica Bud) ................................. 218 Scrie încă din liceu (despre George Luca) ......................................... 221 7-8-9, 2017 5 Sumar Petre Don Răsturnarea clepsidrei (despre Constantin Novăcescu) ...................... 225 Puterea condeiului (despre Camelia Chifor) ..................................... 228 Mircea Pascariu Incursiune în Montelimat, strada Andrei Pintilie nr. 1950 (despre Andrei Pintilie) ...................................................................... 232 Anna Rău-Lehotská Despre poezia slovacilor români (despre Patrik Šenkár) ................. 236 PRE-TEXTE Constantin Dehelean Poemul de departe... Ah! Orientul, Orientul… .........................239 CONTACT .............................................................................248 6 7-8-9, 2017 Cronica literară Vasile Dan Ulise valahul* N CAZ SPECIAL în literatura română din Uultimele patru, cinci decenii e cel al poetu- lui Adam Puslojić, cu poezia sa turnată într-o limbă română aşa zicînd personală: poetul scrie în trena lui Nichita Stănescu forţînd – precum o făcea acesta genial – totul, lexicul, sintaxa, mor- fologia. Uneori creativ, alteori doar surprinzător sau, pur şi simplu, stupefi ant. Dar mai e şi cazul traducătorului neobosit din română în sârbă şi in- vers. A tradus aproape toţi monştrii sacri ai litere- lor române în sîrbeşte, începînd cu Eminescu, Blaga, Arghezi, Bacovia, Nichita Stănescu, Marin Sorescu, pînă la Mircea Dinescu şi Ioan Flora. Nu în ultimul rînd vorbim despre personajul public Vasile Dan, Adam Puslojić, cel cu o carismă neconcurată de poet, eseist, mulţi poeţi români în viaţă, unul veşnic călător redactor-şef al prin spaţiile noastre româneşti, parcă mereu mai revistei „Arca”, Arad * Adam Puslojić, Inscripţii abrupte, Editura Şcoala Ardeleană, 2016, 210 p 7-8-9, 2017 7 Cronica literară Vasile Dan profunde, de la sud la nord, de la est la vest, la lansări şi tîrguri de carte, la lecturi publice (îşi rosteşte minunat şi patetic po- emele), în biblioteci, şcoli şi universităţi de pretutindeni de unde adună premii şi titluri onorifi ce. Nu întîmplător este şi membru al Academiei Române fi ind, nu mă îndoiesc, în spaţiul venerabilei instituţii, o apariţie nonconformistă şi originală. Peste tot are prieteni şi admi- ratori fi deli spre care trimite poeme cu dedicaţie din reviste şi cărţi noi. Adam Puslojić e febril şi loial deopotrivă celor două lite raturi, română şi sîrbă, pe care le iubeşte şi cultivă deopotrivă, cu grija obsesivă de a nu înclina cumva balanţa într-o parte sau alta. Ba mai mult, poemele sale sînt centrate pe obsesii personale identitare, ce-i drept incerte, ceţoase sau ime- diat de el însuşi amendate atunci cînd i se pare că a pus prea multă lumină într-o parte sau alta. Congener, prieten şi emul necondiţionat al lui Nichita Stănescu, pe care îl zeifi că, Adam Puslojić trăieşte la o aruncătură de băţ peste Dunăre, pe Valea Timocului, alături de valahii săi. Spune, nu ştiu cît de serios însă, că este un stră-, stră-, strănepot al lui Baba Novac. Dacă îl întrebi, (ceea ce-l cam supără), ce e el, spune „sîrbo-valah”, sau dacă nu prea te convinge cu această formulă, o inversează fără să ezite: „valah de sîrb”. Dacă-i priveşti chipul şi dacă îl asculţi în retorica şi carisma lui irezistibile, mai că-ţi vine să-l crezi. De ce nu? E înalt, puternic, cu o forţă ce parcă nu scade odată cu vîrsta, dar şi cu ceva de Sfînt Sava slav cu crucea într-o mînă, iar în cealaltă cu sabia. Fie şi a cuvîntului. O poezie histrionică, de poză dramatică, una care face 8 7-8-9, 2017 Ulise valahul Cronica literară prestidigitaţie cu limba română, pe urmele lui Nichita, aşa cum mai spuneam, pe care îl numeşte uneori şi Hristea. Unul dintre refl exele sau automatismele lirice ale lui Adam Puslojić e dedicaţia în care poetul caută să strecoare portrete abstracte ale des- tinatarilor, închipuite doar din cîteva linii simple, expresive. Acestea, portretele, pot fi şi ale unor oraşe româneşti sau ţinuturi personifi cate. Aşadar poetul surprinde nu doar nume de personalităţi reale întîlnite şi îndrăgite pe loc, ci şi altele de care numai el are ştire, pe care, fără nicio reţinere, le amestecă dezinvolt cu cele sonore şi veritabile: Emi- nescu, Alimpie, Bacovia, Firul, Srba, Mircea, Radomir, Vasko Popa, Flora, Suceava, Negotin, Sorescu, Bacău, Belgrad, Dunărea, Brâncuşi, Labiş, Eugen Simion, Burebista, Breban, Decebal, Nistru, Răzvan (cu acest nume are poetul foarte multe de împărţit). De aceea textele lui par uneori simple epistole lirice. Într-un poem Adam Puslojić se imaginează pe
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