- Saşa Pană
Infobox Writer
name = Alexandru Binder
imagesize = 150px
caption = A portrait of Saşa Pană, byVictor Brauner
pseudonym = Saşa Pană
birthdate =August 8 ,1902
birthplace =Bucharest
deathdate =August 22 ,1981
deathplace =Bucharest
occupation = poet, novelist, short story writer
nationality =Romania n
period =
genre =
subject =
movement =Dada Surrealism
influences =André Breton
influenced =
website =Saşa Pană (
pen name of Alexandru Binder;August 8 1902 —August 22 1981 ) was aRomania navant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer.Biography
Born to a Jewish family in
Bucharest , he trained as a physician inIaşi and Bucharest, becoming a qualifiedcombat medic in 1927. He was more interested in a literary career, which he had begun in 1925, after publishing several Symbolism-inspired poems under the title "Răbojul unui muritor" ("A Mortal's Tally"). He was to be more attracted toDada themes, moving on toSurrealism soon after. Pană financed and edited the 1928 avant-garde magazine named "unu" (lower case was used on purpose). The magazine was the basis for a publishing house of the same name, which Pană used for printing works by the likes ofUrmuz ,Tristan Tzara ,Stephan Roll ,Ilarie Voronca , as well as his own. His prose took the form of very short pieces that merged the short story form with poem,reportage , andmanifesto .He adapted
André Breton 's "pure psychic automatism" technique to his own creations - "Diagrame" ("Diagrams"; 1930), "Echinox orbitor" ("BlindingEquinox "; 1931), "Viaţa romanţată a lui Dumnezeu" ("The Romanticized Life of God"; 1932). In later volumes such as "Cuvântul talisman" ("The Word-Amulet"; 1933), "Călătorie cu funicularul" ("Journey on theFunicular "; 1934), Saşa Pană expanded on the style, doubling automatism with apparent elegies of a more traditional format.Many of Pană's writings were combined with drawings by notable artists such as
M. H. Maxy ,Man Ray ,Victor Brauner ,Pablo Picasso , andMarcel Janco .He also authored the 1973 novel "Născut în '02. Memorii, file de jurnal" ("Born in 02. Memoirs and diary pages").
Pană died in Bucharest.
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