World War II, however, Bacovia's poetry began to be linked to newer currents of thought, being linked with and compared to the theatre of the absurd (Mihail Petroveanu), poetic modernism, surrealism, automatic writing, imagism, expressionism, and even philosophic movements like existentialism (Ion Caraion). Bacovia thus succeeded in becoming recognized as one of the most important Romanian poets, an author who executed a vast canonical leap from minor poet to enduring classic of Romanian literature. Gymnasiums in Bacău and Bucharest bear his name. Streets are named after him in Bacău, Brașov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, and Voluntari. The house in Bucharest where the poet lived between 1933 and 1957 (located at 63, George Bacovia Street) is now a memorial house. Selected critical bibliography Agatha Grigorescu-Bacovia, Bacovia (viața poetului), Bucharest, Editura pentru Literatură, 1962. Mihail Petroveanu, George Bacovia, Bucharest, Editura pentru Literatură, 1969. , Bacovia, un antisentimental, Bucharest, Editura Albatros, 1974. Ion Caraion, Bacovia. Sfârșitul continuu, Bucharest, Editura Eminescu, 1975; Second Edition, Bucharest, Editura Cartea Românească, 1979. Dinu Flamând, Introducere în opera lui G. Bacovia, Bucharest, Editura Minerva, 1979. Daniel Dimitriu, Bacovia, Iași, Editura Junimea, 1981. , Alternative bacoviene, Bucharest, Editura Minerva, 1984. Mircea Scarlat, George Bacovia – nuanțări, Bucharest, Editura Cartea Românească, 1987. Vasile Fanache, Bacovia. Ruptura de utopia romantică, Cluj, Editura Dacia, 1994 (reed. 2000). Radu Petrescu, G. Bacovia, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 1999 (reed. 2002). Ion Bogdan Lefter, Bacovia – un model al tranziției, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2001. Constantin Trandafir, Poezia lui Bacovia, Bucharest, Saeculum, 2001. Mihai Cimpoi, Secolul Bacovia, Bucharest, Editura Fundației Culturale Ideea Europeană, 2005. Dicționarul scriitorilor români, coordonatori Mircea Zaciu, Marian Papahagi, Aurel Sasu, A-C, Bucharest, Editura Fundației Culturale Române, 1995. Dicționarul esențial al scriitorilor români, Bucharest, Editura Albatros, 2000. Dicționarul general al literaturii române, coordinator general Eugen Simion, A-B, Bucharest, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 2004. References Further reading Complete Poetical Works and Selected Prose of George Bacovia, 2007, Forest Books, Bucharest, London, Chester Springs. . New English translations, with no Romanian language texts except one. Blei und andere Gedichte. Dionysos, Boppard, ins Deutsche: Christian W. Schenk, 2018, . External links Site dedicated to Bacovia Poems by George Bacovia Poems by George Bacovia George Bacovia Memorial House – Bucharest 1881 births 1957 deaths People from Bacău Symbolist poets Romanian male poets Romanian-language poets 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian male writers Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously Burials at Bellu Cemetery