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BOEMA LITERARĂ ROMÂNEASCĂ. IAŞI
THE ROMANIAN LITERARY BOHEMIA. IAŞI

Author(s): Lidia Claudia Fodor
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: literary bohemians; Iasi; the café; Academia Liberă; Bolta Rece

Summary/Abstract: Being considered as an appropria teenvironment for the intellectual development, Iaşi in the twentieth century gathers some of its elites together around the tables of the pubs on the Lăpşneanu street and not only. Academia Liberă [theFree Academy] has an important role. This is a reproduction of the famous Capşa from Bucharest, which used to gathe rtogether in its rooms wellknown names at that time such as: Al. O. Teodoreanu, Topîrceanu, Al. Pogonat, Cosmovici, Tonitza. But at that time, the bohemian used to meet in other place stoo, out of which the Brigadiru brewery, the Trei Sarmale inn, the Beldiman palace, the La moş Berl pub or Bolta Rece are wellknown. The latter is a real symbol of the bohemian world in Iaşi, also known as Universitas vinorum. It is famous thanks to the caves hosting a real cellar where the wine from the wellknown vineyards from Iaşi, Cotnari, Bucium, Uricani was stored. In that relaxing atmosphere, different cultural and literary questions were discussed, and people from the whole country used to gather together every evening in order to taste a glass of good wine and spend a quiet evening. Time has a great impact on the bohemian world in Iaşi as well. Thus, it increasingly loses its strength, and the soul's delights do not fiind their place in a city that inevitably evolves

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 75-82
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian
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