Acum 141 de ani, pe 16 aprilie 1879, se n\u0103\u0219tea, la Dide\u0219ti, jude\u021bul Teleorman, Gala Galaction, pe numele s\u0103u adev\u0103rat, Grigore Pi\u0219culescu.<\/p>\n
Toat\u0103 via\u021ba a pendulat \u00eentre voca\u021bia de teolog \u0219i cea de scriitor, reu\u0219ind s\u0103 le serveasc\u0103 pe ambele, \u00een mod str\u0103lucit. Este hirotonit preot, \u00een 1922, iar la scurt\u0103 vreme \u00ee\u0219i \u00eencepe \u0219i cariera de profesor universitar, pred\u00e2nd la Universitatea din Chi\u0219in\u0103u \u0219i apoi, la cea din Bucure\u0219ti.<\/p>\n
Ca scriitor, \u00ee\u0219i alesese de mult pseudonimul Gala Galaction. Se spune c\u0103 inspira\u021bia alegerii acestui pseudonim ar fi venit \u00een urma unui pelerinaj la m\u0103n\u0103stirile din Moldova, pe c\u00e2nd se afla \u00een primul al de facultate.<\/span><\/p>\n Poate cea mai important\u0103 oper\u0103 a sa, ca slujitor luminat al bisericii, este noua traducere a \u201eBibliei\u201d, la care a lucrat timp de \u0219ase ani (finalizat\u0103 \u00een 1934). Aceasta r\u0103m\u00e2ne p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi neegalat\u0103.<\/p>\n A scris articole, nuvele, romane, jurnale de c\u0103l\u0103torie, ba chiar \u0219i o pies\u0103 de teatru. A debutat cu un volum de nuvele, \u201eBisericu\u021ba din R\u0103zoare\u201d, \u00eenc\u0103 din 1914. Perioada interbelic\u0103 se dovede\u0219te a fi cea mai prolific\u0103 pentru scriitor, reu\u0219ind s\u0103 publice \u0219i patru romane (\u201eRoxana\u201d, \u201ePapucii lui Mahmud\u201d, \u201eDoctorul Taifun\u201d, \u0219i \u201eLa r\u0103sp\u00e2ntie de veacuri\u201d).<\/p>\n Totu\u0219i, locul \u201econfortabil\u201d pe care \u0219i l-a asigurat \u00een literatura rom\u00e2n\u0103 se datoreaz\u0103 cu prec\u0103dere nuvelelor \u0219i povestirilor \u201eMoara lui C\u0103lifar\u201d, \u201eLinia dreapt\u0103\u201d, \u201eRevista idealist\u0103\u201d sau \u201eCopca r\u0103dvanului\u201d. \u201eIubite Pi\u015fco, atingem dou\u0103 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni de c\u00e2nd, \u00eentre noi, a c\u0103zut, t\u0103cerea mor\u0163ii, al c\u0103rei \u00eentuneric l-am alimentat eu. Pentru aceasta, m\u0103 iart\u0103 (\u2026) Ce mai g\u00e2ndesc, ce mai simt, ce am mai scris? \u2026 Ceea ce poate cineva s\u0103 g\u00e2ndeasc\u0103, dac\u0103 ploaia \u00eei r\u0103scole\u015fte sufletul c\u00e2teva zile \u00een \u015fir \u015fi c\u00e2nd un v\u00e2nt cu bra\u0163e de fier \u00eei zguduie pere\u0163ii\u2026 Ce \u00ee\u0163i \u00eenchipuie\u015fti c\u0103 simt c\u00e2nd, \u00een obscuritatea utreniei, trei ore \u00een \u015fir, v\u0103d un zid de spectre negre, inton\u00e2nd imnuri de m\u00e2ntuire, c\u00e2nd noaptea m\u0103 cuprinde subt catapetesme ca \u00eentr-un clopot de tuci? Ce s\u0103 sim\u0163i c\u00e2nd tu trosne\u015fti, ca un brad uscat, c\u00e2nd fiecare fibr\u0103 a ta ironizeaz\u0103 pe cealalt\u0103 \u015fi c\u00e2nd vezi clar c\u0103, \u00een fa\u0163a lui Dumnezeu, te \u015ftergi ca o linie de c\u0103rbune? (\u2026) Prime\u015fte, scumpe Pi\u015fco, \u00eembr\u0103\u0163i\u015f\u0103rile \u015fi s\u0103rut\u0103rile mele. Fie ca Dumnezeu s\u0103 ne conduc\u0103 unde vis\u0103m. Al t\u0103u, cu totul, Theo\u201d.<\/p>\n (Gala Galaction, \u201eJurnal\u201d, III, edi\u0163ie \u00eengrijit\u0103, prefa\u0163\u0103 \u015fi note de Teodor V\u00e2rgolici, Editura Minerva, Bucure\u015fti, 1980, p. 240.)<\/p>\n Text scris de Radu B\u0103ie\u0219u, regizor de teatru, redactor la editura MLR, muzeograf<\/p>\n Foto: Gala Galaction citind o carte, fotografie din expozi\u021bia de baz\u0103 a MNLR (Strada Nicolae Cre\u021bulescu 8)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acum 141 de ani, pe 16 aprilie 1879, se n\u0103\u0219tea, la Dide\u0219ti, jude\u021bul Teleorman, Gala Galaction, pe numele s\u0103u adev\u0103rat,…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,9,12,10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aniversari-si-evocari","category-evenimente","category-evocari","category-portrete","category-recomandari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12235,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12233\/revisions\/12235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnlr.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPrietenia cu Tudor Arghezi, \u00eenc\u0103 de pe b\u0103ncile Liceului \u201eSf\u00e2ntul Sava\u201d, este poate una dintre cele mai puternice \u0219i longevive din istoria literaturii rom\u00e2ne. Red\u0103m un scurt fragment dintr-o scrisoare primit\u0103 de la Tudor Arghezi, pe care Gala Galaction a transcris-o \u00een \u201eJurnalul\u201d s\u0103u, datat\u0103: Cernica, 12 februarie 1900.<\/p>\n