![]() The Anthology of 1980ist Poetry (by Alexandru Mușina, cover of first edition) ![]() 3 Writers associated with this generation.Frequently cited as "leader" of the 1980's generation is the poet and prose writer Mircea Cărtărescu. Critics that have actively promoted this generation, such as Nicolae Manolescu, consider it an authentic neo-avantgarde and a revolution in Romanian literature, a significant step forward, even more so than neomodernism, while other critics, such as Marin Mincu, have argued that it is merely a step, albeit an important one, in the course of experimentalism, in which the writers have managed to (more or less) bring into the mainstream the innovations that had already been introduced by the likes of Leonid Dimov, Mircea Ivănescu or Mircea Horia Simionescu, eventually modifying the contents of the post-war canon. ![]() They were associated with textualism and especially postmodernism. ![]() The 1980's generation, also nicknamed " the generation in blue jeans" (in Romanian: generația optzeci/optzecistă, generația în blugi) is the generation of Romanian writers of the 1980's. Coșovei and Florin Iaru (photo by Tudor Jebeleanu on the back cover of Aer cu diamante, 1981) From left to right: Ion Stratan, Mircea Cărtărescu, Traian T. ![]()
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