William Faulkner and the Romanian “Criticism of Survival”

Quantitative translationscapes and chronological constellations: French, Soviet, and American novels in communist Romania

“…Novels authored by political writers such as Howard Fast, a very familiar name in socialist realist times, provided a critique of American capitalism as insiders, so they were essential parts of the translation program. After 1964, the American novel becomes a widely acclaimed part of the Romanian translation market, with authors such as William Faulkner or Ernest Hemingway gaining prominence (Schneider 2008).…”