Saşa Pană 3864387 225292013 2008-07-12T22:40:38Z AndrewHowse 1208138 Disambig links to dab page [[Minuscule]] and general clean-up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Alexandru Binder | image = Sasa_Pana_by_Victor_Brauner.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = A portrait of Saşa Pană, by [[Victor 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]]<br>[[Surrealism]] | influences = [[André Breton]] | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Saşa Pană''' ([[pen name]] of '''Alexandru Binder'''; [[August 8]] [[1902]]&mdash;[[August 22]] [[1981]]) was a [[Romania]]n [[avant-garde]] poet, novelist, and short story writer. ==Biography== Born to a [[History of the Jews in Romania|Jewish]] family in [[Bucharest]], he trained as a physician in [[Iaşi]] and Bucharest, becoming a qualified [[combat medic]] in 1927. He was more interested in a literary career, which he had begun in 1925, after publishing several [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]]-inspired poems under the title ''Răbojul unui muritor'' ("A Mortal's Tally"). He was to be more attracted to [[Dada]] themes, moving on to [[Surrealism]] soon after. Pană financed and edited the [[1928 in literature|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 of [[Urmuz]], [[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]], and [[manifesto]]. He adapted [[André Breton]]'s ''[[Surrealist automatism|pure psychic automatism]]'' technique to his own creations - ''Diagrame'' ("Diagrams"; 1930), ''Echinox orbitor'' ("Blinding [[Equinox]]"; 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 the [[Funicular]]"; 1934), Saşa Pană expanded on the style, doubling automatism with apparent [[Elegy|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]], and [[Marcel Janco]]. He also authored the [[1973 in literature|1973]] novel ''Născut în '02. Memorii, file de jurnal'' ("Born in 02. Memoirs and diary pages"). Pană died in Bucharest. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pana, Sasa}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1981 deaths]] [[Category:Dada]] [[Category:Jewish novelists]] [[Category:Jewish poets]] [[Category:People from Bucharest]] [[Category:Romanian memoirists]] [[Category:Romanian novelists]] [[Category:Romanian poets]] [[Category:Romanian short story writers]] [[Category:Romanian surrealist writers]] [[cs:Saşa Pană]] [[eo:Saşa Pană]] [[he:סשה פאנה]] [[pl:Saşa Pană]] [[ro:Saşa Pană]]