One of the most innovative Romanian writers of the second half of the twentieth century, Dumitru Tsepeneag [Ţepeneag] is now widely available to American readers due to the amazing Dalkey Archive Press, which has been enlarging for the past years an author's series. Please find below excerpts of the U.S. reception of Tsepeneag's work.

With RCINY support, Link TV national broadcast of the special film series The Romanian New Wave. featuring films with no previous theatrical exposure in the U.S., was announced in the December 4, 2009 issue of The New York Times. 

The First Cucuteni Culture Exhibition in the US  presented by ISAW - Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU brought more than 250 objects recovered from the graves, towns and villages of Old Europe, a cycle of related cultures that achieved a precocious peak of sophistication and creativity in what is now Southeastern Europe between 5,000-3,500 B.C. The event was welcomed by the press.

Dan Sociu, a young acclaimed Romanian poet and novelist read from the New Anthology THE WALL IN MY HEAD, at the event organized by Words Without Borders, in partnership with Open Letter Books, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, the German Book Office, the Goethe-Institut New York and Idlewild Books. His participation was warmly received by the press. 

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in association with leading New York City cultural organizations, including the Romanian Cultural Institute, presented "Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe", a five-month festival focused on the performing arts as a powerful voice and contributing force in the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.

Rebel Waltz: Underground Music From Behind the Iron Curtain, featuring the romanian band Timpuri Noi was very well received by the press.

The Romanian Films FIRST OF ALL, FELICIA, by Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf, and POLICE, ADJECTIVE by Corneliu Porumboiu, presented at The AFI FEST L.A., were featured in L.A. Weekly.

„TIME IN THE TECHNOCRATIC ERA“, a special event launching "Psihonautica", by the  New York-based writer Paul Doru Mugur, was featured in NY Art Beat.

The US premiere of ENESCU re-IMAGINED, by Lucian Ban and John Hebert, presented by The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, on September 20th, 2009,  was selected in the top live shows by Time Out New York.