GABRIELA MELINESCU. THE IDENTITY OF A WRITER IN EXILE
GABRIELA MELINESCU. THE IDENTITY OF A WRITER IN EXILE

Summary/Abstract: The present work is a presentation of the condition of the artist in Exile, as well as of her/his new identities created in the adoptiv space. Melinescu’s Swedish diary, published in five volumes, is a release of her soul, a confident to whom the diarist displays her feelings. It is written in Romanian language due to her belief that only those who speak the same language can confess to each other. The biographical context highlights the issue of the artist’s identity in the adoptive country. Writing about past experiences can be a way of adaptation to the present self. The double identity of an exile occurs when she is required a certain identity, other than her own identity re-created. This is perceived as a tragedy by Gabriela Melinescu, a tragedy that can be avoided by refusing the external intrusion into shaping her own identity. The same work presents different types of identities such as: migrant identity, the artistic identity, linguistic identity, the identity of an artist who creates according to her own patterns and not to the preexisting ones in the literary world, the mother identity and last but not least, the identity of daughter. Each identity is significant because each one is a component of the puzzle that makes up an artist’s being.

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