Financiarul: Sarah Kane”s “Cleansed” directed by Andrei Serban to be staged in Santander Drama Festival

Sarah Kane”s “Cleansed” directed by Romanian Andrei Serban and produced by the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre will be staged in the 20th edition of the Santander Drama Festival, to be held October 14 – December 19. The Romanian production will be mounted twice, October 15 and October 16, at the Sports Complex of the Cantabria University, the Romanian Culture Institute (ICR) in Madrid reports.

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RFE Interview: Herta Mueller On Growing Up In Ceausescu’s Romania

Romanian-born author Herta Mueller on October 8 won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature. In 1999, Mueller, whose parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania, spoke to Mircea Iorgulescu from RFE/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service about growing up under dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, her encounters with the secret police, and how her background has shaped her work.

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