Furtun?, Enric
FURTUN?, ENRIC
FURTUN?, ENRIC (pseudonym of Henry Peckelmann ) (1881–1965), Romanian poet. Born in Boti??ani, Furtun? practiced as a physician in Jassy. He spent much of his time writing poetry which he published both in Jewish periodicals, such as Ha-Tikvah and Adam, and in general Romanian journals. Two important verse collections were De pe Stânc? ("From the Rock," 1922) and Poemele resemn?rii ("Poems of Resignation," 1940). Many of Furtun?'s poems had Jewish themes and he showed particular concern for the tragic homelessness of the Jewish people, for which the only remedy he saw was a return to Zion. Some of his poems are on biblical themes, the last being Abí?ag, a dramatic work published in Tel Aviv in 1963 when Furtun? was over 80. There are other poems which show a biblical influence. Furtun? also wrote plays and translated Hebrew poetry, especially that of ?.N. Bialik and David Shimoni, and Yiddish writers, notably Itzik Manger and Halper Leivick. Furtun? emigrated to Ere? Israel in 1944 but he left after two years and returned to Romania. In 1958 he settled in Brazil where he died in São Paulo.
bibliography:
E. Lovinescu, Evolutia poeziei lirice (1927), 161–3; S. Lazar, in: Via?a noastr? (July 20, 1965).
[Abraham Feller]