Adrian Chivu

De Roemeense dichter en schrijver Adrian Chivu werd geboren op 13 december 1975 in Boekarest. Werken: “Schizosonnet” (2005), “Caiet de desen” (“Sketchpad”, 2008), “Exit” (2008), “Bezni desenate” (Cartoon Strips, 2009) en “Obraji albastri, pleoape verzi si buze mov” (Engelse titel: “Blue Cheeks, Green Eyelids en Purple Lips”, 2010). Zijn debuutroman “Sketchpad” is vertaald in het Italiaans (2011) en in 2008 genomineerd voor een Prometheus-prijs. In 2009 ontving hij de Insula Europea-prijs en in 2011een speciale vermelding van de jury van de Francesco Alziator-prijs. In mei 2011 heeft de Austria Literaris Bank Adrian Chivu een studiebeurs toegekend. In 2012 verscheen “Strada”(“The Street”).

Uit: The Street (Vertaald door Alistair Ian Blyth)

“Suzana gave the oracle to a boy from class seven and I felt a lump in my throat because I wanted it too and when she was about to pass me I stood in her way and she asked me what’s your name? and I said my name’s Traian Rusu but I’m not Russian and I wanted to ask her to give me the oracle so I could write in it too and I don’t know why but I couldn’t because my mouth went all dry each time I tried to ask her for it and she said my name’s Suzana and I said I know you’re in class seven and you live in the block by the bread shop the same as the Boar and she said yes that’s right and I said I was in class five and I was moving up to class six and she said class six is nice and I didn’t say anything about the oracle and Suzana went away because Mihut from class eight came up to us and Mihut wants to be with Suzana and Suzana likes him and I went back inside the classroom and I sat down on a chair and I told George I introduced myself to Suzana because he likes her too and after we finished our lessons we waited for Suzana so we could walk her home but Mihut came with us and we went to her block and Mihut said I’m going to be a reporter because my dad’s a reporter and George said you won’t have anything to report on until you grow up and Mihut said yes I will just you wait and see and George said you will only if you interview a bunch of coconuts and I laughed because he’d made Mihut look stupid and Mihut asked him have you ever seen a real coconut? and George said no and Mihut said I’ve seen one and Suzana laughed and George shut up and I asked Mihut and did you interview it? and George laughed because Mihut looked stupid again and Mihut asked me have you ever seen a real coconut? and I said no because I’ve never wanted to and Mihut asked me why have you never wanted to? and I told him to ask someone who’s thick and George and I laughed like a hundred devils because Mihut was looking stupid again and Suzana said I’m sure he’ll be a great reporter and when we reached the entrance to her block Mihut kissed her on the cheek and George and I said goodbye Suzana and she said goodbye and after that Mihut went away and the two of us walked as far as the Soviet cemetery which is where we parted because George was going to see a friend of his and I crossed the tramline and walked between the blocks until I got to my street and I saw Romeo at the gate of his house and I said hello Romeo and I asked him is there anything wrong?”


Adrian Chivu (Boekarest, 13 december 1975)