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]]—[[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]]