Eternal Afterlife or Eternal After Sleep in Carmen Sylva’s Poetry
Eternal Afterlife or Eternal After Sleep in Carmen Sylva’s Poetry

Author(s): Sara HUNZIKER
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Visual Arts, Social history, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Carmen Sylva; Queen Elisabeth of Romania; multidisciplinary talent; music; painting; literature; George Enescu; artistic patronage; mentorship; cultural influence; Romanian arts;
Summary/Abstract: An encyclopedic personality by excellence, Carmen Sylva mastered various art fields, such as music, painting and literature. Not only a prodigious mind, Sylva’s illustrious intellect was doubled by a remarkable personality. The most famous Romanian composer, George Enescu, who, as a young student had benefited of her generous patronship, was characterizing her as “an angelic woman, a being with an aula, surpassing by far the ordinary people and spreading around light and kindness.” (George Enescu apud. Caracostea: 506, my translation).

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