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Humanitas (publishing House)
Humanitas () is an independent Romanian publishing house, located at Piața Presei Libere 1 (House of the Free Press), Bucharest. It was founded on February 1, 1990 (after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Romanian Revolution) by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu, based on a state-owned publishing house, Editura Politică. Its slogan is ''Humanitas, bunul gust al libertății'' ("Humanitas, the good taste of freedom"). During its first years, Humanitas mainly published authors from the Romanian diaspora, whose works had been subject to censorship or banning in Communist Romania; they include Emil Cioran, Mircea Eliade, and Eugène Ionesco. Currently, Humanitas publishes literature, books on philosophy, religion, Social sciences, social and political sciences, history, memoirs, popular science, children's literature, and self-help books. Main Romanian authors published by Humanitas * Lucian Blaga * Ana Blandiana * Lucian Boia * Matei Călinescu * Mircea Cărtărescu * Emil Cioran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Liiceanu
Gabriel Liiceanu (; b. May 23, 1942, Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian philosopher. He graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy in 1965, and from Faculty of Classical Languages in 1973. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Bucharest in 1976. Between 1965 and 1975, Liiceanu was a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, and between 1975 and 1989 at the Institute of Art History. He received a fellowship from the Humboldt Foundation between 1982 and 1984. He has been the manager of Humanitas publishing house since 1990 . He has been professor at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy since 1992. Liiceanu is also a founding member of the Group for Social Dialogue (1990), president of the Romanian Publishers' Association (since 2000), and member of the scientific council of New Europe College. Between 1998 and 2001, he was a member of the TVR (TV network), Romanian National Television's Administrative Board. He was greatly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Science
Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written by professional science journalists or by scientists themselves. It is presented in many forms, including books, film and television documentaries, magazine articles, and web pages. History Before the modern specialization and professionalization of science, there was often little distinction between "science" and "popular science", and works intended to share scientific knowledge with a general reader existed as far back as Greek and Roman antiquity. Without these popular works, much of the scientific knowledge of the era might have been lost. For example, none of the original works of the Greek astronomer Eudoxus (4th century BC) have survived, but his contributions were largely preserved due to the didactic poem '' Phenomena'' writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Noica
Constantin Noica (; – 4 December 1987) was a Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet. His preoccupations were throughout all philosophy, from epistemology, philosophy of culture, axiology and philosophic anthropology to ontology and logics, from the history of philosophy to systematic philosophy, from ancient to contemporary philosophy, from translating and interpretation to criticism and creation. In 2006 he was included to the list of the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time by a nationwide poll. Biography Noica was born in Vitănești, Teleorman County. He studied at the Dimitrie Cantemir and Spiru Haret lyceums, both in Bucharest. At Spiru Haret his math teacher was Dan Barbilian (pen name Ion Barbu, poet and mathematician). His debut was in ''Vlăstarul'' magazine, in 1927. Between 1928 and 1931 he attended courses of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, where he graduated in 1931 (thesis: "Problema lucrului în sine la Kant" / "The ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lovinescu
Monica Lovinescu (; 19 November 1923 – 20 April 2008) was a Romanian essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator, and journalist, noted for her activities as an opponent of the Romanian Communist regime. She published several works under the pseudonyms ''Monique Saint-Come'' and ''Claude Pascal''. She is the daughter of literary figure Eugen Lovinescu. She was married to the literary critic Virgil Ierunca. Lovinescu was born in Bucharest. A graduate of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, she made her literary debut in '' Vremea'' magazine, regularly publishing prose works in ''Revista Fundațiilor Regale'' and theater chronicles in ''Democrația''. The rapid steps undertaken towards the establishing of an overtly communist rule in Romania forced her to take refuge in France: going there on a French government-sponsored scholarship in September 1947, she asked (in August 1948) for political asylum after Romania became a People's Republic. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgil Ierunca
Virgil Ierunca (; born Virgil Untaru ; August 16, 1920, Lădești, Vâlcea County – September 28, 2006, Paris) was a Romanian literary critic, journalist, and poet. He was married to Monica Lovinescu. Both Ierunca and Lovinescu worked for several decades for Radio Free Europe. In 2006 both were members of the Romanian Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania; the Commission's chairman, Vladimir Tismăneanu, called them "the most honest and dignified couple in the history of Romanian culture". In December 2023, a monumental ensemble featuring statues of Ierunca and Lovinescu united by a stainless steel mantle, next to a tree of evil (a parable of the Securitate agents that had infiltrated Radio Free Europe) was inaugurated in the Cotroceni neighborhood of Bucharest. Published books *''Fenomenul Pitești'' ( Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1990) *''Românește'' (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1991) *''Subiect şi predicat'' (Ed. Humanitas, Buchar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Goma
Paul Goma (; October 2, 1935 – March 24, 2020) was a Romanian writer, known for his activities as a dissident and leading opponent of the communist regime before 1989. Forced into exile by the communist authorities, he became a political refugee and resided in France as a stateless person. After 2000, Goma expressed opinions on World War II, the Holocaust in Romania and the Jews, claims which have led to widespread allegations of antisemitism. Biography Early life Goma was born to a Romanian family in Mana village, Orhei County, then in the Kingdom of Romania, now part of Moldova. In March 1944, the Goma family took refuge in Sibiu, Transylvania. In August 1944, finding themselves in danger of involuntary "repatriation" to the Soviet Union, they fled to the village of Buia, by the Târnava Mare River. From October to December 1944, the family hid in the forests around Buia. On January 13, 1945, they were captured by Romanian shepherds and turned over to the Gendarmerie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neagu Djuvara
Neagu Bunea Djuvara (; 18 August 1916 – 25 January 2018) was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. Biography Early life A native of Bucharest, he was descended from an aristocratic Aromanian family. Bogdan Nicolai"Regret că numele Djuvara va dispărea odată cu mine" ("I Regret that the Name of Djuvara Will Be Extinguished with Me"), interview with Neagu Djuvara, in ''Evenimentul Zilei'', January 22, 2006 (hosted by www.presa-zilei.ro), retrieved June 13, 2007 Toma Roman Jr"Politicește, Ion Antonescu habar n-avea ce face" ("Politically, Ion Antonescu Had No Idea of What He Was Doing"), interview with Neagu Djuvara, in ''Plai cu Boi'', No. 11, retrieved June 13, 2007 His father, Marcel, a graduate of the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin) and a captain in the Romanian Royal Army's Engineer Corps, died of the Spanish flu in 1918; his mother, Tinca, was the last descendant of the Grădiște ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petru Creția
Petru Creția (January 21, 1927–April 15, 1997) was a Romanian essayist, poet and translator. Born in Cluj, his parents were Aurel, a civil servant, and his wife Călina (née Humița). He started at George Barițiu High School in his native city, followed by in Bucharest, graduating in 1945. He earned a degree in Classical Studies from the University of Bucharest in 1951. From 1952 to 1971, Creția was teaching assistant, then lecturer in classical languages at his alma mater. From 1971 to 1975, he was a researcher at the Bucharest philosophy institute. From 1975 to 1993, he worked as a researcher at the Museum of Romanian Literature. During the June 1990 Mineriad, he addressed the protesters from the balcony of the university building overlooking University Square, and was subsequently violently beaten by the coal miners. He retired in 1993, meanwhile becoming honorary director and chief researcher at the Eminescu center in Ipotești. He died in Bucharest in 1997, aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Constante
Lena Constante (June 18, 1909 – November 2005) was a Romanian artist, essayist, and memoirist, known for her work in stage design and tapestry. A family friend of Communist Party politician Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, she was arrested by the Communist regime following the conflict between Pătrășcanu and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. She was indicted in his trial and spent twelve years as a political prisoner. Constante was the wife of the musicologist Harry Brauner, and the sister-in-law of the painter Victor Brauner. Biography Born in Bucharest, she was the daughter of an Aromanian journalist (Constantin Constante, who had immigrated from Macedonia) and his Romanian wife.Constante, in Spalas The Constante family left the city during the World War I German occupation, and Lena spent much of her childhood in Iași, Kherson, Odessa, London, and Paris. Returning at the end of the conflict, she studied Painting at the Romanian Art Academy in Bucharest, and established friendships wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Cărtărescu
Mircea Cărtărescu (; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist. Biography Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Vodă National College during the early 1970s. During his school years, he was a member of literary groups led by Nicolae Manolescu and Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu. At that time, along with many teenagers of his generation, Cărtărescu was tremendously influenced by the legacy of the 1960s American counterculture, including artists such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors. He commenced writing poetry in 1978. Later, he studied at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, Department of Romanian Language and Literature. He graduated in 1980 with a thesis that later became his book on poetry, more specifically ''The Chimaeric Dream''. That same year, some of his works were published by Cartea Românească. Between 1980 and 1989, Cărtărescu worked as a Romanian language teacher, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matei Călinescu
Matei Alexe Călinescu (June 15, 1934 – June 24, 2009) was a Romanian literary critic and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. Biography Călinescu was born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, the son of Radu Călinescu, an engineer, and Dora Călinescu (née Vulcănescu), a homemaker."Matei (Alexe) Calinescu." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale (publisher), Gale, 2002. Retrieved via ''Biography In Context'' database, 2018-03-31. He attended the Ion Luca Caragiale National College (Bucharest), Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Bucharest, obtaining his diploma in 1952. He then pursued his studies at the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1957. Călinescu became an assistant professor in the Department of Universal and Comparative Literature at the University of Bucharest, and made his literary debut in '. He was offered a Fulbright Program, Fulbright grant and defected to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian Boia
Lucian Boia (born 1 February 1944) is a Romanian historian. He is mostly known for his debunking of historical myths about Romania, for purging mainstream Romanian history of deformations arising from ideological propaganda, and as a fighter against pseudohistory. Biography Boia was born and raised in the Cotroceni neighborhood of Bucharest. In 1967 he graduated from the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest, after which he was a teaching assistant and then assistant professor at his alma mater. Since 1990, he is a professor in the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest. He lives in the Militari district of Bucharest. Awards * 2018 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight rank * 2020 – Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary * 2021 – Knight of the French Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
