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LITERARY JOURNEY TO THE BALKAN



The summer months of 2013 were not spent in Java but in South-eastern europe. In order to get to know better the Balkans, to especially discover their poetry traces (literary museums, writer’s houses, statues, plaques, texts in public places) a journey by car was undertaken, which lasted almost seven weeks. The itinerary:

GERMANY

Darmstadt - Heidelberg - München - Passau - Gaissamühle

 

AUSTRIA

Linz - Wien

 

SLOVAKIA

Bratislava

 

HUNGARY

Györ - Veszprém - Balatonfüred - Székesfehérvár - Budapest - Újfehértó - Debrecen

 

ROMANIA

Oradea - Cluj-Napoca - Sibiu - Brasov - Nehoiu - Buzau – Slobozia - Constanţa - Vama Veche – Mangalia - Târgoviste - Bukarest - Giurgiu

 

BULGARIA

Ruse/Русе - Veliko-Tarnovo/Велико Търново – Plovdiv/Пловдив -  Sofia/София – Blagoevgrad/Благоевград

 

GREECE

Thessaloniki/Θεσσαλονίκη Ptolemaida/ Πτολεμαΐδα Variko/ Βαρικό Klisoura/Κλεισούρα

 

MACEDONIA

Bitola/Битола Resen/Ресен Ohrid/Охрид

 

ALBANIA

Elbasan - Tirana - Vorë - Shkodër - Koplik

 

MONTENEGRO

Podgorica - Budva - Petrovac - Kotor - Dobrota - Risan - Herceg Novi

 

CROATIA

Dubrovnik – Zaton - Makarska – Brela - Split – Trogir - Zadar - Rijeka - Opatija - Lovran

 

SLOVENIA

Podgrad - Kozina

 

ITALY

Trieste - Mestre - Venezia - Bolzano

 

AUSTRIA

Innsbruck

 

LIECHTENSTEIN

Schaan - Vaduz

 

SWITZERLAND

Gattikon - Zürich

 

GERMANY

Konstanz - Tübingen - Donaueschingen – Worms - BoZ



Gottfried Schwab. Alexanderweg, Darmstadt, Germany.





Karl Wolfskehl. Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany.





Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Herrngarten, Darmstadt, Germany.





Martin Zeiller. Neckarstaden, Heidelberg, Germany.





Joseph von Eichendorff. Eichendorffplatz, Rohrbach, Germany.





Joseph von Eichendorff. Philosophenweg, Heidelberg, Germany.





Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Schloßgarten, Heidelberg, Germany.





Joseph Victor von Scheffel. Schloßgarten, Heidelberg, Germany.





Gottfried Nadler. Krahnenplatz, Heidelberg, Germany.





Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Maximiliansplatz, Munich, Germany.






Friedrich von Schiller. Maximiliansplatz, Munich, Germany.






Sigi Sommer. Rosenstraße, Munich, Germany.






Carl Spitzweg. Sankt Jacobsplatz, Munich, Germany.






Emerenz Meier. Donaukai, Passau, Germany.






Adalbert Stifter. Stifterplatz, Linz, Austria.






Franz Stelzhamer. Volksgarten, Linz, Austria.






Adalbert Stifter. Promenade, Linz, Austria.





Josef Weinheber. Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria.

PROTESTAKTION BEI WEINHEBER-DENKMAL
Die „Plattform Geschichtspolitik“ an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste hat im Schillerpark vor der Uni eine kritische Ausgrabungs-Aktion vorgenommen. Im Zentrum stand die Büste des Dichters und bekennenden Nationalsozialisten Josef Weinheber.
„Das Denkmal kann unserer Meinung nach keinesfalls in dieser Form bestehen bleiben“, hatten Eduard Freudmann, Chris Gangl und Tatiana Kai-Browne in einem „Bekennerschreiben“ erklärt. Mit Ihrer „landschaftsarchitektonischen“ Aktion wollten sie eine kulturpolitische Debatte anstoßen, die sich mit Weinheber beschäftigen sollte.
„Trotz wiederholter Kritik verabsäumte die Stadt Wien bis heute eine Kontextualisierung beziehungsweise Umgestaltung des Denkmals. Im Gegenteil: als Reaktion auf diverse Interventionen befestigte die Stadt Wien das Personendenkmal 1991 mit einem unterirdischen Beton-Sockel von einem Kubikmeter Volumen“, hieß es von der Plattform.
Über den Amtsweg hatten die Aktivisten bereits versucht, eine Umgestaltung zu erwirken - mit negativem Bescheid. Die Intervention, bei der man den Betonsockel und damit die Geschichte des Denkmals sichtbar machen wollte, zog eine Konsequenz nach sich: Arbeiter vom Gartenamt gesellten sich am Montagvormittag dazu, um das ausgehobene Loch wieder zuzuschütten.
Kulturstadtrat Andreas Mailath-Pokorny (SPÖ) hätte das von den Aktivisten ausgehobene Loch rund um das Weinheber-Denkmal „am liebsten so belassen“, wie es aus seinem Büro hieß. Die Ausgrabung des Sockels hätte als „Diskussionspotenzial für den öffentlichen Diskurs“ über die Zukunft der Büste dienen können - aber das Gartenamt kam dem Kulturamt zuvor. Nun wolle man sich eine künftige Umgestaltung gemeinsam mit der KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum „genau ansehen“. Möglich sei auch ein Wettbewerb.
„Es geht darum zu zeigen, dass Weinheber nicht nur ein sehr berühmte und wienerischer Dichter war, sondern auch Nationalsozialist. Und die Nazis haben ihn auch vereinnahmt. Ich glaube, dass sollten wir sowohl beim Denkmal als auch beim Straßennamen dokumentieren“, sagte Mailath-Pokorny gegenüber Radio Wien.

Plattform Geschichtspolitik    Publiziert am 01.07.2013

  





Friedrich von Schiller. Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria.





Franz Werfel. Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria.





Nikolaus Lenau. Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria.





Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Opernring, Vienna, Austria.





Franz Grillparzer. Volksgarten, Vienna, Austria.





Pietro Metastasio. Minoritenkirche, Minoritenplatz, Vienna, Austria.






Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Judenplatz, Vienna, Austra.






Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. Hviezdoslavovo Námestie, Bratislava, Slovakia.





Sándor Petöfi. Medická Záhrada, Bratislava, Slovakia.





Károly Kisfaludy. Bécsi Kapu Tér, Györ, Hungary.





János Bacsányi. Vár utca 35, Veszprém, Hungary.






Sándor Petöfi. Színház Kert, Veszprém, Hungary.






Károly Eötvös. Tagore stny. Balatonfüred, Hungary.






Tibor Déry. Tagore stny. Balatonfüred, Hungary.






Sándor Kisfaludy. Tagore stny. Balatonfüred, Hungary.






Mihaly Vörösmartÿ. Vörösmartÿ tér, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.






Ferenc Móra. Móra Ferenc utca, Budapest, Hungary.






Jószef baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény. Apáczai Csere János utca, Budapest, Hungary.






Sándor Petöfi. Petöfi tér, Budapest, Hungary.






Mihály Vörösmarty. Vörösmarty tér, Budapest, Hungary.






Endre Ady. Budapest, Hungary.






Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékko et Gyar. Kodály Körönd, Budapest, Hungary.






Officer and poet Miklos Zrinyi. Kodály körönd, Budapest, Hungary.






Jókai Mór. Andrássy út, Budapest, Hungary.





Janos Arany. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.






Albert Wass. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.






Mihaly Fazekas. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.






Arpád Tóth. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.






Endre Ady. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.





Lőrinc Szabo. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.





Lőrinc Szabo. Piac utca, Debrecen, Hungary.





Sándor Petőfi. Petőfi tér, Debrecen, Hungary.





Mihaly Fazekas. Piac utca, Debrecen, Hungary.





Mihaly Fazekas. Reformatus nagytemplom, Kossuth tér, Debrecen, Hungary.





Janos Arany. Reformatus nagytemplom, Kossuth tér, Debrecen. Hungary.





Mihály ‘Csokonai’ Vitéz. Kálvin tér, Debrecen, Hungary.





Endre Ady. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





Gyula Juhász. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





The Holnap poets: F.l.t.r.: Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, Akos Dutka, Tamás Emőd. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





The Holnap poets: F.l.t.r.: Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, Akos Dutka, Tamás Emőd. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





Akos Dutka. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





Tamas Emőd. Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





Endre Ady. Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania.





Octavian Goga. Parcul Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

According to visitors of Parcul Central, the status of this bust is uncertain. Octavian Goga (1881 – 1938) wasn’t only a poet but also a journalist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Romania for three months. In this short period he became known for the anti-Semitic laws which were passed under his authority. In January 1938 his government stripped Romanian Jews of their citizenship. The regime established by Goga and others gave itself a paramilitary wing of fascist character, the Lǎncieri, meaning lance-bearers. They were heavily involved in violence against the Jews. When Goga died, Hitler sent a floral tribute as a token of respect.
In 2012 the statue was smeared with brown paint. Later, unknown activists who want the bust removed, also gave the metal Goga a red nose.






Liviu Rebreanu. Parcul Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.





George Cosbuc. Parcul Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.





Mihai Eminescu. Piata Stefan cel Mare 2-4, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.





Lucian Blaga. Piata Stefan cel Mare 2-4, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.





Lucian Blaga. Bulevardul Lucian Blaga 45, Sebeş, Romania.






Andrei Muresanu. Parcul Astra, Sibiu, Romania.






Octavian Goga, Parcul Astra, Sibiu, Romania.






Andrei Muresano, Bulevardul Eroilor, Braşov, Romania.






Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Strada Prundului 4, Braşov, Romania.





Ovid, Piaƫa Ovidiu, Constanƫa, Romania.





Mihai Eminescu. Comandamentul Flotei, Cap Constanƫa, Constanƫa, Romania.





Smaranda Gheorghiu, better known as Maica Smara (Smara’s mother). Parcul Mitropoliei, Târgoviște, Romania.





Ion Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești. Calea Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania.





Ion Alexandru Btatescu-Voinesti. Muzeul Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania.





Ienachita Vacarescu. Muzeul Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania.





Smarandei Gheorghiu, also known as Maica Smara. Muzeul Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania.




With Mrs. Elena Diaconu, curator of the Writers' Museum in Târgovişte, Romania.

The Dâmboviţa Writers' Museum is a cultural gem in Târgovişte, Romania and belongs to the Royal Court National Museum Complex. This former house of writer I. Al. Bratescu Voinesti, who created most of his work here, was opened to visitors on 30 December 1968.
The museum
certifies the role of Târgovişte as the first cultural centre of the country. It also shows the poets of the so-called National Awakening, born in and around Târgovişte.
Two rooms illustrate the life and work of I. Al. Bratescu Voinesti. With support from his family, the writer’s office was refurbished. The library contains books on philosophy, science and literature, many with autographs or notes of the writer. The visitor can also see correspondence, old furniture, first editions, fine art, objects of memorial nature and pictures.






Vasile Cârlova. Târgoviște, Romania.





Vasile Alecsandri. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





George Cosbuc. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.






Ion Creanga. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.






Mihai Eminescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Ştefan Octavian Iosif. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Alexandru Odobescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Alexandru Vlahuta. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.






Diuliu Zamfirescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.






Smarandei Gheorghiu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Traian Demetrescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.






Victor Eftimiu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.





Victor Eftimiu. Intrarea Victor Eftimiu 9, Bucharest, Romania.





Cincinat Pavelescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Ienăchiță Văcărescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Liviu Rebreahu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





George Cǎlinescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





George Cosbuc. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Mihail Eminescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.






Marin Preda. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Mihail Sadoveanu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Zaharia Stancu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.






Eugen Barbu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Ion Luca Caragiale. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Ion Iuga. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Mircea Nedelciu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.





Nichita Stǎnescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania.






Mihai Eminescu. Piaƫa George Enescu, Bucharest, Romania.






Hristo Bodev. Alexander Battenberg Square/Александър Батенберг Квадрат, Ruse, Bulgaria.






Petko Slaveykov. Ulitsa Dragoman 5, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.






Georgi Hava Rakovski. Tsar Simeon Garden, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.






Hristo Botev. Tsar Simeon Garden, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.






Peyo Yavorov (Peyo Totev Kracholov). Ulitsa Chetvarti Yanuari, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.






Ivan Vazov. Aleksandar Square, Sofia, Bulgaria.






Pencho Slaveykov (left) and his father Petko Slaveykov. Slaveykov Square, Sofia, Bulgaria.





Georgi Hava Rakovski. Ul. G.S. Rakovski, Sofia, Bulgaria.





Aristotle, Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki, Greece.






Grigor Prličev. Makedonski Prosvetiteli, Ohrid, Macedonia.






Grigor Prličev. Historic centre, Ohrid, Macedonia.




Naim Frashëri (in the middle). Parku i Mad, Tirana, Albania.





Faik Bey Konica. Parku i Mad, Tirana, Albania.

"Of the people I have met and whom I remember with the greatest pleasure, Faik Bey Konica is one of the most unusual. // We would have lunch the Albanian way, which is to say, endlessly. The lunches were so long that I could not visit a single museum in London, as we would always arrive when the doors closed, and the attention and care with which Konica edited his articles meant that the journal always came out very late.” Apollinaire in The Mercure de France, 1912.




Naim Frashëri. Near the International Centre of Culture/Piramida, Tirana, Albania.





Vladimir Vysotsyi, Bulevar Jovana Tomaševića, Podgorica, Montenegro.





Vladimir Vysotsyi, Bulevar Jovana Tomaševića, Podgorica, Montenegro.






Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Podgorica, Montenegro.






Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro.





Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro.






Marko Miljanov Popović. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro.





Marin Držić. At the Rector’s Palace, Ul. Pred Dvorom 1, Dubrovnik, Croatia.





Ivan Gundulić. Gundulić Square, Dubrovnik, Croatia.







Andrija Kačić Miošić. Trg Fra. Andrije Kačića Miošića, Makarska, Croatia.






Marko Marulić. Trg Braće Radića, Split, Croatia.






Petar Zoranić. Trg Sveti Krševana, Zadar, Croatia.







Juraj Baraković. Trg Tri Bunara, Zadar, Croatia.







James Joyce. Canal Grande, Trieste, Italy.






Italo Svevo. Piazza Hortis, Trieste, Italy.







Umberto Saba. Via Dante Alighieri, Trieste, Italy.






Carlo Goldoni. Campo San Bartolomeo, Venice, Italy.








With street poet Antonio Melis, Venice, Italy.

(ANSA) - Venice, September 19 - Police in Venice have charged a poet and confiscated his writings for selling them on the streets. Antonio Melis faces a fine of up to 60 euros for setting up a folding table and asking for money in exchange for his verse written on rolled-up scrolls of paper.
"He's not being charged for the sale itself," said Marco Agostini, the director general of the Venice municipality. "It's because he was on public ground. If (the charges) concerned the actual sale, it would be a matter of vending without a permit, which carries a fine of at least 5,000 euros". Agostini said Melis should be held accountable to the same rules as street artisans, such as landscape painters common around all Italian art attractions who must have a permit. Agostini added that the street bard was using his poetry "as a way to beg for money".

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Dante Alighieri. Darsena Grande, Venice, Italy.






Alessandro Poerio. Calle Larga de l'Ascension, Venice, Italy.






Francesco Avesani. Calle Larga de l'Ascension, Venice, Italy.






Niccolò Tommaseo. Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy.






Giorgio Baffo. Campo San Maurizio, Venice, Italy.







Felice Cavallotti. Campo San Stefano, Venice, Italy.






Walther von der Vogelweide. Piazza Walther von der Vogelweide, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.






Anegreta di Altenberg, Poeta Laureata of Bolzano/Bozen. Italy.







Adolf Pichler. Adolf-Pichler-Platz, Innsbruck, Austria.






Gottfried Keller. Spiegelgasse 9, Zürich, Switzerland.






James Joyce. Zürichbergstraße, Zürich, Switzerland.







Johann Caspar Lavater. 11, Zürich, Switzerland.






Salomon Gessner. Platzspitz Park, Zürich, Switzerland.






Georg Büchner. Spiegelgasse 12, Zürich, Switzerland.







Friedrich Hölderlin,  Alter Botanischer Garten, Am Stadtgraben, Tübingen, Germany.






Eduard Mörike, Am Lustnauer Tor, Tübingen, Germany.






Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cottahaus, Münzgasse 15, Tübingen, Germany.






Ludwig Uhland, Platz der Stadt Monthey, Uhlandstraße, Tübingen, Germany.






Ottilie Wildermuth, Neckarinsel (Westseite), Tübingen, Germany.






Friedrich Hölderlin, An der Neckarbrücke / Bursagasse 6, Tübingen, Germany.







Johann Nikolaus Götz. Heylshofpark, Worms, Germany.






Hagen (Nibelungenlied). Rheinufer, Worms, Germany.

 

Ê daz der künec rîche wider wære komen,
die wîle hete Hagene den schaz vil gar genomen.
er sancte in dâ ze Lôche allen in den Rîn.
er wande er solde in niezen: des enkunde niht gesîn.






Volker von Alzey (Nibelungenlied). Corner Marktplatz / Hagenstraße, Worms, Germany.






Anton van Duinkerken. Grote Markt, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.




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