The Levant (poem)

{{Short description|1990 epic poem by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu}}

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| name = The Levant

| image = The Levant (poem).jpg| caption =

| author = Mircea Cărtărescu

| title_orig = Levantul

| translator =

| country = Romania

| language = Romanian

| publisher = Cartea românească

| pub_date = 1990

| english_pub_date =

| pages = 223

| isbn = 973-23-0236-4

}}

The Levant ({{langx|ro|Levantul}}) is a 1990 epic poem by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu. Consisting of twelve cantos in verse, the narrative begins in the early 19th century, and follows a band of Wallachian adventurers and pirates, who return to their native land in an attempt to overthrow an oppressor. Cărtărescu uses the poem to highlight oriental influences in Romanian culture.{{Cite book|last=Segel|first=Harold B.|authorlink=Harold Segel|year=2008|title=The Columbia literary history of Eastern Europe since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAI7O9prinMC&pg=PA202|location=New York City|publisher=Columbia University Press|pages=202|ISBN=978-0-231-13306-7}}