abroad and gave public readings in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. In 1995, the German Academic Exchange Service appointed him scholar at the University of Berlin. Naum spent much of his final years at his retreat in Comana. Works Drumeţul incendiar ("The Incendiary Traveler"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1936 Vasco de Gama, (poem, illustrated by Jacques Hérold), Bucharest, 1940 Culoarul somnului, ("The Corridor of Sleep"; poems, illustrated by Victor Brauner), Bucharest, 1944 Medium (prose), Bucharest, 1945 Critica mizeriei ("Critique of Misery"; manifesto, co-written with Paul Păun and Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1945 Teribilul interzis ("The Terrible Forbidden"; drama, illustrated by Paul Păun), Bucharest, 1945 Spectrul longevităţii: 122 de cadavre ("The Specter of Longevity: 122 corpses"; drama, co-written with Virgil Teodorescu), Bucharest, 1946 Castelul Orbilor ("Castle of the Blind"; drama), Bucharest, 1946 L'infra-noir ("Infra-Black"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, Virgil Teodorescu, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947 Éloge de Malombra – Cerne de l'amour absolu ("Malombra's Eulogy – Black Circle of Absolute Love"; manifesto, co-written with Gherasim Luca, Paul Păun, and Dolfi Trost), Bucharest, 1947 Filonul, Bucharest, 1952 ("The Vein"; prose) Tabăra din munţi, Bucharest, 1953 ("The Camp in the Mountains"; prose) Aşa-i Sanda, Bucharest, 1956 ("So Is Sanda"; poems for children) Cartea cu Apolodor, Bucharest, 1959 ("The Book With Apolodor"; poems for children, illustrated by Jules Perahim) Poem despre tinereţea noastră, Bucharest, 1960 ("Poem About Our Youth"; poems, illustrated by Jules Perahim) Soarele calm, Bucharest, 1961 ("The Calm Sun"; poems, illustrated by Jules Perahim) A doua carte cu Apolodor, Bucharest, 1964 ("The Second Book With Apolodor"; poems for children, illustrated by Jules Perahim) Athanor (poems), Bucharest, 1968 Poetizaţi, poetizaţi... ("Poeticize, Poeticize..."; prose), Bucharest, 1970 Copacul-animal ("The Animal-Tree"; poems), Bucharest, 1971 Tatăl meu obosit ("My Tired Father"; poems), Bucharest, 1972 Poeme alese ("Selected Poems"; poems), Bucharest, 1974 Cărţile cu Apolodor ("The Apolodor Books", poems for children), Bucharest, 1975 Descrierea turnului ("Description of the Tower"; poems), Bucharest, 1975 Insula. Ceasornicăria Taus. Poate Eleonora ("The Island. The Taus Clockmakers. Eleonora, Perhaps"; drama), Bucharest, 1979 Partea cealaltă ("The Other Side"; poems), Bucharest, 1980 Zenobia (novel), Bucharest, 1985 Amedeu, cel mai cumsecade leu, Bucharest, 1988 ("Amedeu, The Most Honest Lion"; poems for children, illustrated by N. Nobilescu) Apolodor, un mic pinguin călător, Bucharest, 1988 ("Apolodor, A Small Travelling Penguin"; poems for children, illustrated by N. Nobilescu) Malul albastru ("The Blue Shore; prose), Bucharest, 1990 Faţa şi suprafaţa, urmat de Malul albastru ("Face