We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.
Moulid Iftin Hujale
Early one Saturday evening, I arrived home earlier than usual after very tiresome and long visits from friends and particularly my grandmother. I had eaten some food and slept. It was a surprise to many colleagues who looked in that night to find me in bed as early.
“Why, Moulid you mean you never want to follow us??” They asked. I complained that I was not feeling well and jokingly told them that “early to bed makes man healthy, wealthy and wiser.” Later they left.
From there the only thing I remembered was sleeping while putting on my shoes. That night I had a lot of dreams but the most interesting one was that: I went to the forest with my uncle who was looking for firewood. He allowed me to follow him reluctantly and I enjoyed being with him.
Four hours later, the trouble started. We lost our way and as he tried to climb a very long tree to see if there is anyone to help us.
I heard a very deafening sound and ran away before he could even come down to save me. Later, I found myself in deep jungle. Much to my surprise, I found all the animals in that jungle, and voting. I was voted to be the king, for the lion had a lot of problems and could not be voted. I became the king of the jungle. I woke up feeling great and delightful but in the morning all I found was my family members gathering around me, laughing at me.
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