Gellu Naum (August 1, 1915 – September 29, 2001) was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group . The artist Lyggia Naum, his wife, was the inspiration and main character in his 1985 novel Zenobia. In recent years he has been held in high esteem by literary critics, having been featured in a 2004 poll by literary magazine România literară, Top 10 Romanian Poets.[1]
Books[]
- Drumeţul incendiar ("The Incendiary Traveler"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1936
- Vasco de Gama, (poem, illustrated by Jacques Hérold), Bucharest, 1940
- Culoarul somnului, ("The Corridor of Sleep"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1944
- Medium (prose), Bucharest, 1945
- Critica mizeriei ("Critique of Misery"; manifesto, co-written with Paul Păun and Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1945
- Teribilul interzis ("The Terrible Forbidden"; drama, illustrated by Paul Păun), Bucharest, 1945
- Spectrul longevităţii: 122 de cadavre ("The Specter of Longevity: 122 corpses"; poems, co-written with Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1946
- Castelul Orbilor ("Castle of the Blind"; prose), Bucharest, 1946
- L'infra-noir ("Infra-Black"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, Virgil Teodorescu, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947
- Éloge de Malombra - Cerne de l'amour absolu ("Malombra's Eulogy - Black Circle of Absolute Love"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947
Filonul, Bucharest, 1952 ("The Vein"; prose)
Tabăra din munţi, Bucharest, 1953 ("The Camp in the Mountains"; prose)- Aşa-i Sanda, Bucharest, 1956 ("So Is Sanda"; poems for children)
- Cel mai mare Gulliver, Bucharest, 1958 ("The Biggest Gulliver"; poems for children, illustrated by Jules Perahim)
- Cartea cu Apolodor, Bucharest, 1959 ("The Book With Apolodor"; poems for children, illustrated by Jules Perahim)
Poem despre tinereţea noastră, Bucharest, 1960 ("Poem About Our Youth"; poems, illustrated by Jules Perahim)
Soarele calm, Bucharest, 1961 ("The Calm Sun"; poems, illustrated by Jules Perahim)- A doua carte cu Apolodor, Bucharest, 1964 ("The Second Book With Apolodor"; poems for children, illustrated by Jules Perahim)
- Athanor (poems), Bucharest, 1968
- Poeme alese ("Selected Poems"; poems), Bucharest, 1970 (edition in the Cele mai frumoase poezii ("The Most Beautiful Poems") collection)
- Poetizaţi, poetizaţi... ("Poeticize, Poeticize..."; prose), Bucharest, 1970
- Copacul-animal ("The Animal-Tree"; poems), Bucharest, 1971
- Tatăl meu obosit ("My Tired Father"; poems), Bucharest, 1972
- Poeme alese ("Selected Poems"; poems), Bucharest, 1974
- Cărţile cu Apolodor ("The Apolodor Books", poems for children), Bucharest, 1975
- Descrierea turnului ("Description of the Tower"; poems), Bucharest, 1975
- Insula. Ceasornicăria Taus. Poate Eleonora ("The Island. The Taus Clockmakers. Eleonora, Perhaps"; drama), Bucharest, 1979
- Partea cealaltă ("The Other Side"; poems), Bucharest, 1980
- Zenobia (novel), Bucharest, 1985
- Amedeu, cel mai cumsecade leu, Bucharest, 1988 ("Amedeu, The Most Honest Lion"; poems for children, illustrated by N. Nobilescu)
- Apolodor, un mic pinguin călător, Bucharest, 1988 ("Apolodor, A Small Travelling Penguin"; poems for children, illustrated by N. Nobilescu)
- Malul albastru ("The Blue Shore; poems), Bucharest, 1990
- Faţa şi suprafaţa, urmat de Malul albastru ("Face and Surface, followed by The Blue Shore", poems), Bucharest, 1994
- Focul negru ("Black Fire"; poems), Bucharest, 1995
- Sora fântână ("Sister Fountain"; poems), Bucharest, 1995
- Întrebătorul ("The Inquirer"; prose), Bucharest, 1996
- Copacul-animal, urmat de Avantajul vertebrelor ("The Animal-Tree, followed by The Advantage of Vertebrae"), Cluj-Napoca, 2000
- Ascet la baraca de tir ("Recluse in the Firing Range Shack"; poems), Bucharest, 2000
- Calea şearpelui ("The Way of the Snake"), Bucharest, 2002 (posthumous)
- Exact în același timp ("Exactly in the Same Time"; drama), 2003 (posthumous)
- Despre identic și felurit ("About the Identical and the Different"), Iași, 2004 (posthumous anthology, edition by Simona Popescu)
- Exactitatea umbrei ("The Precision of the Shadow"), Pitești, 2011 (posthumous anthology)
- Opere I: Poezii ("Oeuvre I: Poetry"), Iași, 2011 (edition by Simona Popescu)
- Opere II: Proză ("Oeuvre II: Prose"), Iași, 2012 (edition by Simona Popescu)
Covers[]
The Incendiary Traveler, 1936
The Liberty of Sleeping on a Forehead, 1937 (black/white photo)
Vasco de Gama, 1940
The Corridor of Sleep, 1944
Medium, 1945
Critique of Misery (with Păun and Teodorescu), 1945
The Terrible Forbidden, 1945
The Specter of Longevity: 122 corpses (with Teodorescu), 1946
The Castle of the Blind, 1946
Infra-Black, 1946
Malombra's Eulogy - Black Circle of Absolute Love, 1947
The Vein, 1952
The Camp in the Mountains, 1953
So Is Sanda, 1956
The Biggest Gulliver, 1958
The Book with Apolodor, 1959
Poem About Our Youth, 1960
The Calm Sun, 1961
Athanor, 1968
Selected Poems, 1970
Poeticize, Poeticize..., 1970
The Animal-Tree, 1971
My Tired Father, 1972
Selected Poems, 1974
The Books with Apolodor, 1975
Description of the Tower, 1975
The Island. The Taus Clockmakers. Perhaps Eleonora, 1979
The Other Side, 1980
Zenobia, 1985
Amedeu, The Most Honest Lion, 1988
Apolodor, A Small Travelling Penguin, 1988
The Blue Shore, 1990
Face and Surface, followed by The Blue Shore, 1994
The Black Fire, 1995
The Sister Fountain, 1996
The Inquirer, 1996
The Animal-Tree, followed by The Advantage of Vertebrae, 2000
Recluse in the Firing Range Shack, 2000
The Way of the Snake, 2002
Exactly in the Same Time, 2003
About the Identical and the Different, 2004
The Precision of the Shadow, 2011
Oeuvre I: Poetry (2011)
Oeuvre II: Prose (2012)