Olimpia Iacob

Olimpia Iacob is Associate Professor in Modern Languages at “Vasile Goldiș” West University of Arad, Romania. Her book-length translations include prose and poetry by Cassian Maria Spiridon, Gabriel Stănescu, Gheorghe Grigurcu, Petre Got, Mircea Petean, and Magdalena Dorina Suciu, as well as George Vulturescu.

The first drop of blood that I can recall was not Ioan’s, when I knocked his […]

In the Dew, in the Mist by George Vulturescu translated ...

April 14, 2014 in Poetry / Translation tagged Adam Sorkin / George Vulturescu / Olimpia Iacob by Ryan Gunn

Even the poem is a cow Who else would I clobber here with the butt of a […]

The Poem on Easter Night by George Vulturescu translated by ...

April 14, 2014 in Poetry / Translation tagged Adam Sorkin / George Vulturescu / Olimpia Iacob by Ryan Gunn

“...To see the part of the glass that’s full you have to raise it to the light […]

The Ballad of the Glass by George Vulturescu translated by ...

April 14, 2014 in Poetry / Translation tagged Adam Sorkin / George Vulturescu / Olimpia Iacob by Ryan Gunn

So many times have I crossed the Danube on the thin ice of the steam from my […]

On Icy Shores by George Vulturescu translated by Adam Sorkin ...

April 14, 2014 in Poetry / Translation tagged Adam Sorkin / George Vulturescu / Olimpia Iacob by Ryan Gunn