Matei Calinescu
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Matei Călinescu was a Romania
n literary critic and professor of comparative literature
at Indiana University
, in Bloomington, Indiana
.
He attended the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Bucharest
, taking his diploma in 1952. He emigrated from Romania to the United States in 1973. Until recently an Emeritus Professor at Indiana University. He lived with his wife in Bloomington, Indiana.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n literary critic and professor of comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
at Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
, in Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
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.
He attended the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, taking his diploma in 1952. He emigrated from Romania to the United States in 1973. Until recently an Emeritus Professor at Indiana University. He lived with his wife in Bloomington, Indiana.
Selected bibliography
- Matei Călinescu, Matthew's Enigma...A father's portrait of his autistic son., ~~ an inspiring and lyrical essay about love and illness, memory and forgetfulness, sociability and alienation ~~ USA: <Indiana University PressIndiana University PressIndiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana....
>, 2009, 210 p. ISBN 978-0-253-22066-0
- Matei Călinescu, Eugène Ionesco: Teme identitare şi existenţiale (Eugène Ionesco: Identity and Existential Themes) Iaşi: <JunimeaJunimeaJunimea was a Romanian literary society founded in Iaşi in 1863, through the initiative of several foreign-educated personalities led by Titu Maiorescu, Petre P. Carp, Vasile Pogor, Theodor Rosetti and Iacob Negruzzi...
>, 2006, 491 p, Awarded the Writers' Union Prize for Eassay and Criticism, 2006.
- Matei Călinescu, Ionesco: Recherches identitaires, Paris:
, 2005, 348 p.
- Matei Călinescu, Un fel de jurnal, 1973–1981 (A Diary of Sorts, 1973–1981), Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2005.
- Matei Călinescu, Ion Vianu, Amintiri în dialog (Memories in Dialogue), Bucharest:
, 1994; 2nd ed. with preface and two new chapters included as an Epilogue, Iaşi: <Polirom PoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 1998; 3rd edition, Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2005.
- Matei Călinescu, Tu: Elegii şi invenţii (You: Elegies and Inventions, poems), Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2004.
- Matei Călinescu, Mateiu I. Caragiale: recitiri, Cluj:
, 2003, 160 p., 2nd ed., Cluj-Iaşi: -<Polirom PoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2007.
- Matei Călinescu, Portretul lui M (The Portrait of M, a memoir), Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2003.
- Matei Călinescu, Rereading, New Haven: <Yale University PressYale University PressYale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
>, 1993, 336 p. Translated into Romanian as "A citi, a reciti. Cǎtre o poeticǎ a (re)lecturii", Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2003. ISBN 0300056575
- Matei Călinescu, Despre Ioan P. Culianu si Mircea Eliade. Amintiri, Lecturi, Reflecţii, Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2002, 177 p., 2nd ed., Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2002, 231 p.
- Vlad Georgescu, Matei Călinescu, The Romanians: a history, <Ohio State University PressOhio State University PressThe Ohio State University Press, founded in 1957, is a university press and a part of The Ohio State University.-External links:*...
>, 1991. ISBN 0814205119
- Matei Călinescu, Exploring Postmodernism, (co-edited with D.W. Fokkema), Amsterdam and Philadelphia: <John BenjaminsJohn BenjaminsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company is an independent academic publisher in social sciences and humanities with its head office in Amsterdam. Its North American office is in Philadelphia, United StatesIt is especially noted for its publications in linguistics...
>, 1988, 270 p., Paperback edition, 1990.
- Matei Călinescu, Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism, <Duke University PressDuke University PressDuke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University. It publishes approximately 120 books annually and more than 40 journals, as well as offering five electronic collections...
>, 1987. ISBN 0822307677
- Matei Călinescu, Faces of Modernity: Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, <Indiana University PressIndiana University PressIndiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana....
>, 1977. ISBN 0253320879
- Matei Călinescu, Selections of Poetry translated into English in
, 1976, , 1976, 1981, , 1982, and <2 PLUS 2>, 1983.
- Matei Călinescu, Umbre de apă, poeme, (Water Shadows, poems), Bucharest:
, 1972.
- Matei Călinescu, Versuri (Lines), Bucharest:
, 1970.
- Matei Călinescu, Viaţa şi opiniile lui Zacharias Lichter (The Life & Opinions of Zacharias Lichter) a short novel, Bucharest:
, 1969, awarded the Romanian Writers' Union Prize for Fiction, 1969, translated into Hungarian, 1971, Polish, 1972, and French excerpts in , 1975 ; 2nd ed., enlarged, Bucharest:, 1971; 3rd ed., with new preface, 1995, Iaşi: <Polirom PoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 1995; 4th edition, Iaşi: <PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
>, 2004.
External links
- "Matei Calinescu", at Indiana University
- "Matei Calinescu", at WordsWithoutBorders
- Author’s page on the website of Romanian publishing house Polirom