Mircea Ivanescu - Margaret A. Harrell

Personalities in the Keep This Quiet! Memoir Series

Who is in the Keep This Quiet! series? and where does it take place?The posts below will introduce major people and places in Keep This Quiet! I-IV. Hunter Thompson, who figures pivotally in Keep This Quiet! I and to a lesser but significant degree in II, has his own assortment of posts elsewhere. Below, you will find other players in Keep This Quiet! I-II, from Belgian poète maudit Jan Mensaert to poet, intellectural, guru Milton Klonsky. Also, important players in Keep This Quiet! III, like ...

Mircea Ivanescu has just risen up to the heavens, or wherever he is. I say it that way because he was so unpredictable, so unique, never able to be "one of the gang," a joiner. He lived in Romania. Once about to come to the US - I believe he was invited to be the chancellor of a university - he went to get a visa and was interviewed about his English. Now, Mr. Ivanescu had translated a slew of English texts, including Joyce's Ulysses, and practically all of Kafka from the German. He was a shy ...