Eminescu's drafts
The national poet's papers in his own hand.
The Romanian national poet, who lived from 1850 to 1889 and died at thirty-nine. He wrote in the late Romantic manner, and his best-known poem is Luceafărul, the evening star, a long work about an immortal being who loves a mortal girl. His effect on the language is greater than his literary effect alone: his phrasing shaped modern literary Romanian as Shakespeare shaped English. His name is on schools, streets, the national library and a banknote, and his statue stands in every town. Selections of his poetry have been translated into Arabic.
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The National Museum of Romanian Literature gathers the manuscripts, letters, libraries and study furniture of Romanian writers, in a building in central Bucharest it moved to from its former home. The collection is large — tens of thousands of items — and covers Romanian literature from its earliest manuscripts to the twentieth century: drafts by Mihai Eminescu, the national poet; papers of Ion Luca Caragiale, the comic dramatist whose plays are still staged; and holdings of Tudor Arghezi and Liviu Rebreanu. Be honest with yourself before going: **this is a museum of text**, its value depends on prior knowledge of Romanian literature, and its labelling is mainly in Romanian. To anyone who does not read Romanian it will be a display of papers and desks. But it hosts readings and events, and the building is central. **Entry is nominal.**
The national poet's papers in his own hand.
Furniture and libraries moved as they stood.
Strada Nicolae Crețulescu 8, Bucharest