The Museum of the Romanian Book and Exile in Craiova invites the public to a special cultural event titled “Open Books Day,” organized on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, to celebrate International Book and Copyright Day. The event will include two distinct sections designed to highlight reading, the process of literary creation, and the importance of copyright in the current cultural context.
Readings from Exile and Dialogues on Creation
The event will begin at 11:00 AM in the museum’s exhibition hall with the section “Public Readings: Poets from Exile.” This segment will pay tribute to prominent figures of Romanian exile literature, such as Aurora Cornu, Andrei Codrescu, Ilie Constantin, Ștefan Baciu, Horia Stamatu, Miron Kiropol, and Grigore Cugler. Their poems will be interpreted by talented students from the Shak-Poetry group (Clara Jianu, Alexandra Vasile, Alis Crușoveanu, Alexandru Negomireanu, and Ruxandra Barbu), coordinated by poet Ana Paraschivescu, and by students from the Performing Arts (Acting) department – Bogdan Scăfariu and Darius Feraru, under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Romanița Ionescu. The organizers emphasize that this section represents “a poetic endeavor that values the literature of the Romanian exile, which aligns with universality through its cultural themes and motifs.”
Starting at 2:00 PM, also in the exhibition hall, the second part of the event will take place: “The Book from Concept to Cultural Artifact.” This will be conducted as an interactive cultural dialogue featuring Lecturer Dr. Ilona Duță from the Faculty of Letters in Craiova and Dr. Petrișor Militaru, book editor at Aius publishing house and editor-in-chief of Mozaicul magazine. The discussion will explore the journey of a book from idea to the final cultural object, drawing on the guests’ experiences as writers. The challenges of the writing process, as well as aspects related to publishing and copyright, will also be addressed.
The overall coordination of the “Open Books Day” event is handled by Rodica Constanda and Cristina Gelep, research assistants at the Museum of the Romanian Book and Exile.