Elena Vlădăreanu and the Americans as Family

Th In the next episode of our online series  "My First American: Transatlantic Encounters and Portraits", where some of the best-known contemporary Romanian writers recall through vivid vignettes and memorable portraits their encounter with the very first American seen in flesh and blood, author and journalist Elena Vlădăreanu talks about the "the Americans" in her family, relatives she never met but who became the subject of anxious expectations. English version of the text by Diana Manole.

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“My First American: Transatlantic Encounters and Portraits” is an online program developed in partnership with the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest. Next author in the series:  Caius Dobrescu.

Elena Vlădăreanu (b. 1981) is a writer and journalist who lives and works in Bucharest. She debuted with poetry in 2001/2002 and since then she…