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Mircea Cartarescu
University Lecturer, Writer, Essayist
and Literary Critic
Born: June 1, 1956, in BucharestStudies
- 1963-1971 - Elementary School nr. 28, Bucharest
- 1971-1975 - Dimitrie Cantemir High School, Bucharest
- 1976-1980 - Faculty of Romanian Language and Literature, University of Bucharest
- PhD
Career
- 1980- 1989 - professor of Romanian Language and Literature at a General
School in Bucharest
- Employee at the Romanian Writers Union and editor at "Caiete critice"
revue
- Since 1991 - lecturer, Chair of the Romanian Literature History, Faculty
of Letters, University of Bucharest
- Domains of specialization: Romanian literature, cultural studies
- Domains of research: folk culture, post-modernism
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Literary activity as a poet, novelist and
literary critic
- 1994-1995 - visiting professor, University of Amsterdam
Writing Activity
- 1978 - debut in " România literara" magazine
Poems:
- "Faruri, vitrine, fotografii" (Headlights, Shop Windows,
Photographs), Cartea Româneasca Publishing House, 1980
- " Aer cu diamante" (Air & Diamonds), collective volume, Litera
Publishing House, 1982
- " Poeme de amor" (Love Poems), Cartea Româneasca Publishing
House, 1983
- "Totul" (Everything),
Cartea Româneasca Publishing House, 1985
- "Levantul" (Levant), Cartea Româneasca Publishing House 1990, Humanitas
Publishing House
1998
- "Dragostea" (Love), Humanitas Publishing House, 1994
- Double CD (love poems), Humanitas Publishing House, 1998
Prose
- " Desant '83" (Commando '83), collective volume, Cartea Româneasca
Publishing House, 1983
- " Visul" (Nostalgia), Cartea Româneasca Publishing House,
1989; French translation " Le Reve",
Editions Climats, Paris, 1992
- "Nostalgia", integral edition of the book "Visul", Humanitas
Publishing House, 1993 (translated into French, German, Hungarian and
Spanish)
- "Travesti", Humanitas Publishing House, 1994 (translated into
French, Dutch and Norwegian)
- "Orbitor" (Dazzling), Humanitas Publishing House, 1996
Essays
- " Visul chimeric" (The Chimerical
Dream), a critical essay, "Litera" Publishing House, 1992
- " Postmodernismul romanesc" (The Romanian Post-Modernism), "Humanitas"
Publishing House, 1999
Other Writings
- "Antologia poeziei gene", Vlasie
Publishing House, Pitesti, 1995
-
Generatia '80 în
proza scurta, Paralela 45 Publishing House,
Pitesti, 1999
Translations of His Works
- Le Ręve, Climats, Paris, 1992
- El Sueńo, Seix Barral , Barcelona,
1992
- Travesti, Meulenhoff,Amsterdam, 1994
- Poetry at Annaghmakerrig, Dedalus, Dublin,
1994
- Lulu, Austral, Paris, 1995
- Sóvárgás, Jelenkor, Pécs, 1997
- Nostalgia, Volk und Welt, Berlin, 1998
- Travesti, Bok Vennen, Oslo, 1998
- Orbitor, Denoël , Paris, 1999
International Participations
- International Conferences, symposia and seminars
- International Writers Program, Iowa City, USA, 1990
- Seminar in Stuttgart for cultural studies, 1992
- Conferences at the International Book Fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig,
Germany, 1997 and 1998
- Conferences at the Central-European University in Budapest, Hungary, 1998
and 1999
Affiliations
- Member of the Romanian Writers Union
- Member of Pen Club, Romania
- Member of ASPRO
Prizes and Awards
- 1980 - Prize of the Romanian Writers Union for "Faruri, vitrine, fotografii"
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1989 - Prize of the Romanian Academy for " Visul"
- 1990, 1996, 1997 - "Flacara", "Ateneu" and "Cuvântul"
Prizes
- 1990 - Prize of the Romanian Writers Union for the book "Levantul"
(Levant)
- 1992 - French translation nominated for Medicis Prize and received
„Prize of the Best Foreign Book" and Prize of the Union Latine, Paris
- 1994 - Prize of the Romanian Writers Union for the book "Travesti"
- 1994 - Prize of the Romanian Writers Union of the Republic of Moldova
- 1994 - Prize ASPRO for "Travesti"
- 1996 - Prize ASPRO for "Orbitor"
Foreign Languages
- English (good), French (satisfactory)
Address
- Private: 1, Nada Florilor St., Bl. 13, Apt. 42, Sector 2, Bucharest,
Romania
- Office: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, 68, Edgar Quinet St.,
Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
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