V. A. Urechia, convorbiri cu felibrii
V.A. Urechia. Conversations with the Felibres

Summary/Abstract: The first contacts of V.A. Urechia with the Felibre poets were based on the idea of Latin brotherhood, which had been defended by Urechia in Spain even since September 1858, when, in the Spanish media, he formulated the proposal to create an organization reuniting the representatives of the Neo-latin peoples. Only in June 1878, he communicated this project of his to the Felibres, inviting them to participate in the “Congress of the Latin Countries”, that was supposed to take place in Bucharest, in September 1879. The proposal was joyfully accepted, but the meeting was cancelled due to the tensions that followed the conclusion of the Treaty from Berlin, with its harsh conditions imposed to Romania. Nevertheless, their dialogue continued through letters. Urechia invited the Felibres to participate in a project initiated by him, The Macedo-Romanian Album, a protest against the deprivation of their national identity of the Romanians from the Balkans. They enthusiastically collaborated in this project. On the basis of the relations established between them, in the Summer of 1894, Urechia asks support from the Baron Charles de Tourtoulon, from Frédéric Mistral, Alphonse Roque-Ferrier, Camille Laforgue and from others, for the composition of the volume Latin Voices. From Brothers to Brothers, written in the defense of those personalities from Transylvania that denounced the persecution of the Romanian population. His efforts were awarded with an invitation to participate in the “International Congress of Roman Languages”, that took place in Bordeaux, between 5 and 10 August 1895, and, in 1896, with another invitation to participate in an “universal exhibition” which would also involve some “literary festivities” where it would be possible to debate about the rights of the Macedo-Romanians and of the Romanians from Transylvania. V. A. Urechia continues to stay in touch with his Felibre friends through the invitation addressed to him by Angelo de Gubernatis to participate in the “Congress of the Orientalists”, that took place in Rome, between 1 and 12 October 1899. On that occasion, he continued his lobby for his long term favorite topic: the Latinity of the Romanians. His permanent interest for this subject made Roque-Ferrier proclaim him „le Grand Latin de la Roumanie”.

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