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Forest of the Hanged (novel)

Forest of the Hanged
The closing lines of the novel, in Rebreanu's own handwriting, with signature
AuthorLiviu Rebreanu
Original titlePădurea spânzuraților
LanguageRomanian
SubjectWorld War I
GenreWar novel
Historical fiction
Psychological fiction
PublisherCartea Românească
Publication date
1922
Publication placeRomania
Published in English
1930
Pages328

Forest of the Hanged (Romanian: Pădurea spânzuraților) is a novel by Romanian writer Liviu Rebreanu. Published in 1922, it is partly inspired by the experience of his brother Emil Rebreanu, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army hanged for espionage and desertion in 1917, during World War I.[1]

The novel was made into a film in 1965.[2] The film was directed by Liviu Ciulei, who won the award for Best Director at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Composer Carmen Petra Basacopol created in 1988–1990 an opera titled Apostol Bologa, op. 58, which was inspired by this novel.[4]

  1. ^ (in Romanian) Bianca Sara, "Cum și-a transformat Liviu Rebreanu execuția fratelui său de pe front într-un roman tradus în opt limbi", Adevărul, 1 November 2013; Retrieved 15 December 2013
  2. ^ "Padurea spânzuraților (1965)". IMDb. 16 March 1965. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Forest of the Hanged". www.festival-cannes.com.
  4. ^ Apostu, Andra (2019), "De vorbă cu Carmen Petra Basacopol" (PDF), Revista Muzica (in Romanian), no. 2, retrieved 21 February 2021

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