A Winter Night in Bucharest* A winter night in Bucharest. While reading Sebastian, I repeatedly lifted my eyes from the pages of the book to look at the sky concealed by a leaden-hued cloak. Millions of snow-flakes were drifting about in endless silvery streams. Neither the Greater Bear nor Vega were visible, however I knew that they were shining as always, in the clear, blue sky of Calcutta. I had spent numberless nights looking at the Greater Bear! Isn't it strange, after all, to find out that the same constellation prompted a writer from a far-off country to write such a fascinating play? Everything – the inspiration, the atmosphere, the characters in The Nameless Star was extremely familiar to me, so that I had the feeling I was reading in translation an Indian play. Undoubtedly, Mihail Sebastian is a writer of universal appeal, a fact that was confirmed by the great success the play, adapted by me into Bengali, scored with audiences. The actors themselv...
Amita Bhose
Site dedicat primei traducătoare a lui Eminescu în Asia, esteticiană a operei eminesciene, doctor în Eminescu, profesoară la Universitatea de București, scriitoare și traducătoare.