Writer Mircea Cărtărescu: "I write without a plan." | Louisiana Channel

”I never wanted to become a writer. Actually, I never wanted to become anything.” Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu shares his thoughts on writing, growing up in a Communist regime and Franz Kafka. “When I write, I feel a sort of split in my personality,” Mircea Cărtărescu says and elaborates: “For me, writing is not concerning my personality, but a second one, which emerges from the moment I sit down and start writing.” Cărtărescu’s process includes writing with pen and paper – and never with a...

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