 A small section of "Plămânul sălbatec" was translated into French by Dumitru Țepeneag, the neo-avant-garde poet.In 1983, Păun entered a dialogue with anticommunist poet and scholar Ștefan Baciu, and was interviewed by Baciu's "MELE" newsletter (one of the very rare interviews Păun ever gave).Păun continued to exhibit his surrealist drawings in Israel and France.