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Druţă Ion (scriitor, dramaturg) | ||
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Druta Ion (writer) | translated by: Ţurcan Nicu - nepotul lui A.Lupan |
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Друцэ Ион (писатель, драматург) |
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 DRUTA Ion (born 3.9.1928, Horodiste, Donduseni), writer. Born in a peasant family. Begin as journalist in the paper “Tsaranul Sovietic”. Has finished the Highest Literature Course by Institute of Literature M.Gorki of USSR Writers Union(1957). Since 1969 lives in Moscow. His works are remarkable from the beginning because of his original poetical vision. The first collections of essays and stories “In our village”(1953), “Love story”(1954) are reflecting the real life by getting inside the human psychology, where the author is catching the finest overtones. Druta has a talent of a traditional narrator. His penmanship is manifested in collections “Missing people”(1959), “Chest to chest”(1964), “The punishment of searching”(1969) etc. Druta has approached deep philosophical themes in: “The sledge”, “Old age – heavy burden”, “The stone river side”, “The last month of autumn” etc. The novel “Leaves of nostalgy”(1957) is a pathetic story about love of Gheorghe and Rusanda, two young peasants. All events are happening around their unfulfilled love. Each episode is a drama or a mini comedy where the author style has a large aesthetic diversity. “Ballads from plain”(1963) and “The burden of our kindness”(1968) are including the fifty years of people history, beginning in 1918 when the village Ciutura rise again from ashes. The ideal of honesty, harmony of Onake Carabush is very understood by reader. The conflict between the teacher Horia Holban and the school director from Balta in the story “Belfry”(“The quince tree aroma”, 1973) is a ethical one, that has a deep phylosophical meaning. “The departure of Tolstoi” (“Year of death, year of immortality”, 1974) recall the personality of the great russian writer. The interest for history, announced in “Belfry” is full manifested in the novel “The white church”(1982) The drama writings of Druta are remarkable from the beginning because of their originality and new methods. The drama “Casa mare”(1960, The central theater of Soviet Army from Moscow, 1961; Theater “A.Pushkin” from Chisinau, 1962) is a dramatic and the same time lyric story about the young widow Vasilutsa that remains devoted to the memory of husband, dead in fight. After being good received, this drama opened the way to other plays: “Doina”(1971, Theater Maiakovski from Moscow, 1979; Theater “A.Pushkin” from Chisinau, 1981) is a beautiful pleading about tradition, the soul purity of human. “The birds of our youth”(1972, Theater “Luceafarul”, 1972; The small Theater from Moscow, 1973; Theater “A.Pushkin” from Chisinau, 1973) continue exploring those themes. The praise to the toil without limits of Pavel Rusu together with the poetical wisdom of old woman Rutsa are merging in one drama. “The Holy of holies”(1977, The central theater of Soviet Army from Moscow, 1977) is reflecting the character of statesman Mihai Gruia and those of Calin Ababii – the true brother of the land. The drama works of Ion Druta are very appreciated and played in many theaters from many countries. The movie “The last month of autumn” (Moldova-film, 1965) was mentioned with many prizes at the Mar-del-Plata Festival (Argentina). Druta got the MSSR State Prize in 1967. |
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