Rare editions dedicated to the works and personality of poet Mihai Eminescu can be seen at an exhibition mounted at the National Library on the National Day of Culture. Among the exhibited works are “Mihai Eminescu Manuscripts”, volumes I and II, edition coordinated by Eugen Simion, president of the Romanian Academy, and also “Eminescu – longing for absolute...”, 100 poems dedicated to Eminescu’s effigy, with a preface by academician Mihai Cimpoi, IPN reports.

National Library director general Elena Pintilei said that this exhibition presents the publications owned by the library, in particular the most representative work of Mihai Eminescu – the poem “Luceafărul|, which is, in the context of the entire national poetry, the absolute, testamentary expression reached by Mihai Eminescu’s poetic and philosophical thinking. The exhibition includes over 200 publications from the general collection of the National Library, from the special collection Old and Rare Books, but also from other special collections, such as the Arts and Maps collection.

The inauguration event also included a recital of Eminescu’s poems held by second grade students of “Prometheu-Prim” High School. Teacher Angela Balacci said that it is the duty of teachers to cultivate in the hearts of children the love and respect for Mihai Eminescu’s poetry. “We must graft onto their soul this national dignity that Eminescu transmits to us. The love for homeland, nation comes from Eminescu and, if we don’t do it, then who? The children’s souls, being so sensitive, pure, innocent, are ready and vibrate with Eminescu’s poetry,” said the teacher.

Doctor habilitate of philology Ana Bantoș stated that Mihai Eminescu walked across the homeland, talked to ordinary people, listened to their concerns, collected folklore and later gave it another dimension, such as, for example, the poem “Why do you sway?”, which has folk roots.

The exhibition will be open to the general public until February 25.