Vintilă Horia
Romanian-born novelist, essayist and poet who lived much of his life in exile; wrote in Romanian and French and was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1960 for 'Dieu est né en exil'.
Books
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1. God Was Born In Exile
A lyrical historical novel that imagines the Roman poet Ovid’s exile on the Black Sea coast, where isolation and cultural dislocation force him into intense reflection on memory, art, and the nature of the divine. Through encounters with local peoples, pagan rites and his own fading fame, the narrative meditates on creativity as both refuge and rebellion, showing how exile reshapes identity and gives birth to new spiritual insights. The prose blends elegiac poetry, myth and philosophical rumination to explore the costs and unexpected revelations of being cast out.
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