The Marin Sorescu National Theatre and the Craiova Branch of the Romanian Writers' Union are organising the 2nd edition of the "Patrel Berceanu" Literature and Drama Festival from 15-16 September 2022. The project is included in the programme Mnemosyne - Muze@Poezie - by the manager of the Marin Sorescu National Theatre.
The first edition held in 2019, in collaboration with the Town Hall and the House of Culture of Băilești Municipality, debated the literary work of the writer Patrel Berceanu (1951-2006) and evoked his memory by the participating writers, as well as the void left by his early departure.
Ediția curentă a festivalului își propune să aducă în discuție inclusiv activitatea de teatrolog a lui Patrel Berceanu, un eminent cunoscător al teatrului românesc. Astfel, pe 15 septembrie, în spațiile Teatrului Național „Marin Sorescu” va avea loc dezbaterea cu tema „Teatrolog și secretar literar – memoria vie a scenei”, cu accent pe activitatea și cărțile de profil ale lui Patrel Berceanu. Vor participa invitați din țară, critici de teatru și teatrologi, precum și scriitori, actori, muzicieni din Craiova.
Craiova National Theatre will republish the monographs of the performances in a volume Titus Andronicus and Ubu rex with scenes from Macbeth (directed by Silviu Purcărete) designed and written by Patrel Berceanu.
September 16 is reserved for poetry, discussions on the critical reception of his work in posthumous times, book launches. Craiovian poets will give short readings of their poetry and actors from the Craiovian National Theatre will recite Patrel Berceanu's poetry. There will be several book presentations by the invited authors.
Ziua va culmina cu o conferință susținută de poetul Vasile Baghiu, invitat special la Adunarea Poeților 2022. El va susține conferința Metaversul himeric al poeziei.
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La 16 ani de la dispariţia unuia dintre cei mai valoroşi poeţi și intelectuali ai Craiovei, Patrel Berceanu, profilul acestuia poate fi instituit ca efigie a spațiului creator al zonei – și nu numai. În 2019 am omagiat, într-un grup de prieteni și de admiratori, viaţa şi opera unui scriitor pentru care poezia, teatrul, publicistica sa angajată constituie un reper al spiritualității din această parte de țară. Festivalul de poezie „Patrel Berceanu” a avut atunci momentul său. Însă anii care au urmat acestui prim impuls, grevați de pandemie și suspiciune generalizată, au blocat continuarea unei inițiative la care s-a raliat poetul și publicistul Mihai Firică. Prima ediție a reunit scriitori solidari cu memoria unui poet și om de cultură iubit în oraș și prețuit în locuri de elecțiune spirituală.
Patrel Berceanu cultivated the art of dialogue, friendship, cordial polemic. There are many writers and artists who keep it alive in their memory but mystify it in their memory. In the writers' gatherings in Craiova, he was the most lucid voice - of the opposition to freezing, ankylosing, cult of personality, stupidity. He fought head-on the byzantism of a dozen in certain areas of the literary guild, the veleitarism and duplicity that had become the norm of life, the shortcomings of Romanian theatrical life. It was for professionalism and lucidity in profession, art, life. Just as intensely, he was the first to praise the delicacy and discretion of those who understood: true art is for people, not for archives, museums and personal aggrandizements. The irony underlying poems or pamphlets aimed at opportunists and careerists at the top was his trademark and honest badge.
His cultural initiatives and activities make Patrel Berceanu a writer with superior civic involvement, driven by a rare feeling of compassion and charity, and the literature, including the theatrical one, that was left behind can be an example of professionalism and altruism including for the young generations. He would have turned 71 on April 19, 2022.
The program of events
Thursday, 15.09.2019, Craiova
– 15,45 – Deschiderea Festivalului de Literatură și Dramaturgie „Patrel Berceanu” – ediţia a II-a – Teatrul Naţional „Marin Sorescu” din Craiova (foaier).
- 16.00-18.00 - Round table: "Theatrical and literary secretary - living memory of the stage". Participants: Doru Mareș, theatreologist, writer (Bucharest), Victoria Balint, theatreologist "Regina Maria" Theatre (Oradea), Codruța Popov, artistic consultant "Mihai Eminescu" National Theatre (Timișoara), Gabriela Riegler, Public Relations, National Museum of Romanian Literature (Bucharest), Mădălin Guruianu, image advisor, "Opera Comică pentru Copii" (Bucharest), Emil Boroghină, honorary member of the TN "Marin Sorescu" (Craiova), Nicolae Marinescu, director of Ed. "Aius" (Craiova).
Moderator, Nicolae Coande
Lansarea monografiilor de spectacol: Patrel Berceanu, Titus Andronicus & Ubu rex cu scene din Macbeth, Ed. Aius, 2022.
Prezentarea volumului Ariel din spatele scenei, coordonatori Elisabeta Pop, Raluca Sas Marinescu (Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021)
Friday, 16.09.2022
11:oo - Evocation of the writer Patrel Berceanu - writers, literary critics, poets (includes recital of a poem by the participants). Musical moment: Mircea Suchici
12:oo - Performance-reading by actors of the National Theatre "Marin Sorescu" Portrait in time" - evocations, poetry recital with the participation of actors Eugen Titu, Angel Rababoc, Nicolae Vicol
13:00 - Awarding of the "Patrel Berceanu" Prize for Poetry
17:00 - Conference Vasile Baghiu, "The anthemic metaverse of poetry" (Poets' Assembly 2022)
Book launches Ionel Ciupureanu (hangare, Max Blecher Publishing House, 2022) Vasile Baghiu (Assisted breathing, Ed. Eikon, 2021), Claudiu Komartin (17 love poems and a pantoum, imperfect, Max Blecher Publishing House), Nicolae Coande (Tequila Verano/Vara Tequila, Ed. Autograf MJM, 2022), Mihai Firică ( Anilos perdidos en oceanos desconocides/ Rings lost in unknown oceans, Ed. NoteBook poiesis, Chile, 2022), Marius Ghica (Paul Valery, Caiete, Ed. Humanitas, 2022), Constantin Barbu (Ten elegies that finish writing, Ed. Revers 2022)
Presented by Nicolae Coande, Mihai Firică
Organizers: "Marin Sorescu" National Theatre Craiova, Writers' Union of Romania - Craiova Branch.
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Patrel Berceanu was born on April 19, 1951 in Băileşti. In 1980 he obtained his license at the Institute of Theater and Cinematography Art (Theatrology-Filmology section). During the student period, he attended the "Amphiteatru" cenacle, and later he was one of the active participants of the "Ramuri" cenacle run by the writer Marin Sorescu. He was an admirable literary secretary of the National Theater in Craiova (1990-2006), in the line built up by names like Liviu Rebreanu, Adrian Maniu, Ion D. Sîrbu, but also director of the "Colibri" Theater in Craiova and secretary of the Craiova Branch of USR (1994-1996). He was a member of the Romanian Writers' Union, a member of UNITER and a member of the Romanian section of the International Association of Theater Critics.
A debutat publicistic cu poezie în Preludiu (suplimentul literar si artistic al „Scânteii tineretului”, nr. 31/1969). Un an mai târziu a debutat editorial cu volumul de poezie „Sentimentul baricadei” (Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1976). A colaborat la revistele „România literară”, „Ramuri”, „Luceafărul”, „Amfiteatru”, „Viaţa studenţească”, „Teatrul”, „Vatra”, „Familia”, „Suplimentul literar-artistic al Scînteii tineretului”, „Viaţa Românească”, „Tribuna”, etc. În străinătate, a publicat în revistele „Belvedere” (Franţa, 1995) şi „Wiener Festwochen” (Austria, 1993). După debut, Patrel Berceanu a publicat volumele de poezie „Poeme în mărime naturală” (Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1983), „Întâmplarea cea mare” (Ed. Eminescu, 1984), „Lacrimi civile” (Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1991), „Planetă de poet”, antologie (Ed. MJM, Craiova, 2003), precum şi monografiile teatrale „Titus Andronicus – monografia unui eveniment teatral” (Ed. Aius, 1997) şi „Ubu Rex cu scene din Macbeth” (Ed. Aius, 2000). Împreună cu Doina Pologea, soţia sa, a semnat volumul „Noi povestiri după piesele lui Shakespeare” (Ed. Dionysos, 1992). Este prezent cu poezie în antologiile „Young Poets of a new Romania” (Forest Books. London & Boston, 1991), „Day after Night” (Criterion Publishing, SUA, 1999), Sorescu’s Choice, (Bloodaxe Books, Irlanda, 2002).
He is the holder of the following awards: "Luceafărul" Magazine Award (1974), "Amfiteatru" Magazine Award (1976, 1980), "Ramuri" Magazine Award (1984), U.T.C. Award (1984), Award of the Craiova Branch of the Romanian Writers' Union (1991, 1992). In 2004 he was awarded by the Presidency of Romania the Third Class Cultural Merit Medal, category F - for "Promotion of Culture". He participated in the Symposium of Theater Leaders from Southeast Europe (Budapest, 1993), the Meeting of Press Attachés within the European Theater Convention (CTE, Paris, 1999) and the University and School Theater Seminar (University of Corsica, Bastia, 1999). In 1994 he benefited from a research internship at the National Drama Center in Caen (France).
He died on May 2, 2006, in Bucharest.
At the first edition of the Festival, his poetry anthology was printed, "six kinds of fear, seven kinds of courage", edited by Doina Pologea (Ed. Aius, 2019). At this edition, the prize for poetry was handed to the poet Marian Drăghici.