Emil Botta

Emil Botta
Emil Botta
Born	Emil Botta September 15, 1911 Adjud, Vrancea County, Romania
Died	July 24, 1977 (aged 65) Bucharest, Romania
Cause of death	cardiac arrest[1]
Resting place	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Occupation	Actor, writer
Spouse(s)	Maria Botta

Emil Botta (15 September 1911, Adjud – 24 July 1977, Bucharest) was a Romanian actor and writer.

Together with Emil Cioran, Eugen Ionescu and Arsavir Acterian, he was a member of the literary group called Corabia cu ratați ("The Losers' Ship").^[2]

Botta graduated in 1932 from the Dramatical Art Conservatory of Bucharest.^[3]

He was married for a while to actress Maria Mimi Botta.^[4]

He was the younger brother of poet Dan Botta.^[5]

Poetry

• Întunecatul April (1937)
• Pe-o gură de rai (1943)
• Poezii, (1966)
• Versuri (includes Vineri), (1971)
• Poeme, (1974)
• Un dor fără saţiu, (1976)

Prose

• Trântorul, (1938) (second edition 1967)

Awards

• Premiul Fundaţiilor Regale (1937)
• Premiul „Mihai Eminescu” al Academiei Române (1967)

Legacy

In Romania, there is a national poetry festival named in his honor.^[6]

References

1. Stefanescu, Alex. (No. 29, 2003). "La o noua lectura: Emil Botta" (in Romanian). Romania literara. Retrieved January 31, 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Emil Botta (1911-1977) – actor și scriitor." (in Romanian). Radio Romania Cultural. July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
3. "Despre operele lui Emil Botta" (in Romanian). http://cultural.bzi.ro. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Radu, Tania (September 24, 2008). "Arcanele luciditatii (II)" (in Romanian). Revista 22. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
5. "Emil Botta, măştile geniului" (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. June 25, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
6. "Festivalul național de poezie "Emil Botta", ediția a III-a" (in Romanian). Retrieved August 5, 2014.

• Doina Uricariu, Prefaţa la Emil Botta Le chevalier a l’escargot d’or /Cavalerul cu melc de aur, Editura Minerva, 1985
• Doina Uricariu, Prefaţă, note, tabel bio-bibliografic şi bibliografie selectivă la Emil Botta – interpretat de... Editura Eminescu, 1986.
• Doina Uricariu, Ecorşeuri: Structuri şi valori ale poeziei româneşti moderne, Editura Cartea Românească, 1990. Eseuri şi studii despre literatura română interbelicã, privită în contextul creaţiei şi mentalităţii europene.
• Doina Uricariu: Apocrife despre Emil Botta, Editura Universalia, Bucureşti, 2001, ISBN 973-99880-9-1

Selected filmography

• Răscoala (1965)
• A Bomb Was Stolen (1961)
• The White Moor (1965)
• The Subterranean (1967)
• Premiera (1976) as Vasilică Savu

External links

• Emil Botta at the Internet Movie Database