Returning to the battle for the novel: the complexes of Romanian literature and the issue of translations in camil petrescu`s vision

The Complexes (of Inferiority) of Romanian Literature have been widely discussed in the book that a brilliant critic like Mircea Martin dedicated to G. Călinescu. Today, his observations have become fundamental references in the study of the interwar period: the youth of Romanian culture, its placement in a marginal European geography, the recognition of gaps between the great European literature and the local one. Over time, these factors not only generated an awareness of a handicap, but also a series of anxieties that intensified as our literature, in the late interwar period, entered the final stages of synchronization. To this debate, which centered around the issue of the internationalization of Romanian literature, Camil Petrescu also contributed in various journalistic interventions. Along with the concept of presentification (the idea of making contemporary events or themes relevant in literary works) as a strategy to elevate the Romanian novel onto the international literary stage, the theorist also brought up the thorny issue of translations. The following article discusses precisely how a writer who still holds the title of cultural innovator positions himself regarding the cultural strategies and editorial policies of the time, in an effort to give Romanian.