Elogiu limbii române

This book looks at Romanian and its role in national life. It has poems of praise and essays. It also has sayings, idioms, proverbs and aphorisms. These texts link the language to a shared past. They also show how it shapes a shared sense of self.

The book is for teachers, students and school pupils. It is also for other readers with an interest. It pairs works of prose and verse with a case against political efforts to split people who speak the same language. It covers such efforts as far back as 1812.

The book shows how care for Romanian links past and future generations. Litera brought out this edition in 2011. Its text is in Romanian.