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GRIGORE ZANC
Philosopher, Writer and Politician
Born on January 26, 1940, village Şigău, Cluj County. Parents
Todor and Maria, farmers (deceased)
Citizenship: Romanian
Religion: Orthodox
Married to Virginia Lucia Zanc, Physician, University Lecturer
at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca.
One daughter, Theodora Zanc (married Cuibus),
University Assistant, Chair of the Romanian Language, Faculty of Philology, Cluj-Napoca
Studies
- 1964-1969 - Student, Faculty of Philosophy, ”Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
- 1981 - PhD in Philosophy
- 1981- IREX Study Fellowship in USA (July-October)
Public Activity
- 1956-1958 - Substitute Teacher
- 1961-1962 - Teacher, School Director
- 1962-1964 - Instructor schools, pioneers and UTC (Union of Comunist Youth), Cluj-Napoca
- 1967-1969 - Head of Cluj-Napoca Editorial Board of the Revue "Viaţa
studenţească" (Student's Life)
- 1969-1974 - University Assistant
- 1974-1990 - University Lecture
- Since 1990 - Associate Professor, Chair of Systemic Philosophy, "Babes
Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca
- August 1990-August 1996 - Prefect of Cluj County
- August-Secember 1996 - Minister of Culture
- 2000-2004 - Senator, Vice-President of Senate Commission for Culture, Cults, Art
and Mass-Media
- 2004-2010 - member (PSD) of the National Council of Audiovisual (CNA)
Affiliations
- Member of the Romanian Writers' Association
- Member of the Cluj-Napoca Revolutionaries' Association
- Member of the Democratic Forum of Romania
- 1970-1974 - President of "Diotima" Club of Philosophic Esthetics,
"Babes-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca
- Member of the Scientific Council, Romanian Institute of Social-Democrat
Studies
- Founding Member of "Lucian Blaga" Cultural Society, Cluj-Napoca
Political affiliation
- Member of PSD Party
- President of PSD Cluj County Organization
- Member of PSD Central Executive Bureau
Publishing Activity
- Published over 200 studies, articles and research papers, in Romania and abroad,
on subjects of philosophy, ethics, art and literature
- Over 30 scientific papers presented at scientific forums in Romania and
abroad
- "Etica spiritului revoluţionar" (Ethics of revolutionary
Spirit), Political Publishing House, 1975
- "Nivele şi dimensiuni etice ale esteticului" (Ethical
Levels and Dimensions of the Esthetic), in the volume "Ethical
and Esthetic", Meridiane Publishing House, 1979
- "Hamlet , între vocaţie şi datorie morală"
(Hamlet between vocation and moral responsibility), Dacia Publishing House, 1998,
awarded the Prize of the Writers Association of Cluj-Napoca
Short Prose, Roman, Film
- "Conul de umbră" (Umbra cone), roman, Dacia Publishing
House, 1975, awarded with the Prize of the Writers Union of Romania
- "Cădere liberă" (Free Fall), roman, Dacia Publishing
House, 1978
- "Zuhanas" (translation of "Cădere liberă"),
Europa Publishing House, Budapest, 1982
- Cinema Scenario "Probleme personale" (Personal Matters), Film
version by Film House nr. 4, Bucharest, 1982
- "Careul de fugă" (Run Square), roman, volume I, Dacia
Publishing House, 1985
- "Careul de fugă" (Run Square), roman, volume II, Dacia
Publishing House, 1990
- "Alb" (White), short prose, Sincron Publishing House, 2000
Participation at international scientific gatherings
- International Congress of Sociology, Varna, Bulgaria, 1970
- International Congress of Esthetics, Darmstadt,
Germany, 1976
Titles, Prizes and Awards
- 1972 - Medal for Cultural Merit, II Class
- 1974 - Order of Labor, III Class
- 1975 - Prize of the Writers Union of Romania
- 1998 - Prize of the Writers Association of Cluj-Napoca
- 1991 - Honorary Citizen of the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
- 1996 - Honorary Senator and Member of the Grand Senate of "Babes Bolyai"
University, Cluj-Napoca
- 2000 - Honorary Citizen of the Commune of Mariselu, Cluj County
Foreign languages
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