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Laura Poantă (born March 10, 1971) is a
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n physician, medical scientist, author, translator, and painter.


Education and career

She was born
Agnita Agnita (; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Ongenîtlen''; ) is a town on the Hârtibaciu river in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is considered the locality in the center of the country. The town administers two villages, namely Coveș (; ...
,
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, the daughter of writers
Petru Poantă Petru is a given name, and may refer to: * Petru I of Moldavia (Petru Mușat, 1375–1391), ruler of Moldavia * Petru Aron (died 1467), ruler of Moldavia * Petru Bălan (born 1976), Romanian rugby union footballer * Petru Cărare (1935–2019), wri ...
and
Irina Petraș Irina Petraș (born 27 November 1947) is a Romanian writer, literary critic, essayist, translator and editor. Biography Irina Petraș graduated from high school in Agnita in 1965, and from the Faculty of Letters of the Babeș-Bolyai University i ...
. She graduated from the “Romul Ladea” Fine Arts College in
Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
in 1989, with a degree in drawing, graphic design and decoration, and next, from the
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (, or UMF Cluj) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is the oldest medical education institution in Transylvania, a continuation of the Faculty of Medicine which was founded in 1919, as a part of the Supe ...
also in Cluj-Napoca, with a licence in general medicine (1995). In 2002 she became an instructor, then lecturer (in 2009) at the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and since 2004/2005, PhD and senior internal medicine physician.The Writers’ Union of Romania, Cluj
/ref> Since 2010, she has been the president of the Doctor – Artists Society of Cluj.


Publishing activity

She debuted in 1999, with a translation from Italian into Romanian of ''Lift'', by
Edmondo de Amicis Edmondo De Amicis (; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel ''Heart''. Early career Born in Oneglia (today part of the city of Imperia), h ...
, and with the medical volume ''Abecedarul vieții sexuale/ABC of sexual life''. She also translated, from English and Italian to Romanian, works of
Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
,
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...
,
Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the Literary modernism, modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been ...
,
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...
,
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...
, and David Greig. She collaborated to the magazines ''
Viața medicală ''Viața Medicală'' (''Medical Life'') is a Romanian weekly medical magazine, which publishes medical news, commentaries, and peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producer ...
,
Ziarul financiar ''Ziarul Financiar'' is a daily financial newspaper published in Bucharest, Romania. Aside from business information, it features sections focusing on careers and properties, as well as a special Sunday newspaper. ''Ziarul Financiar'' also publish ...
, Clujul medical, Revista română de bioetică, Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, European Journal of Internal Medicine, Acta Diabetologica, Medical Ultrasonography, Medical Update'', and other publications. She realized the presentation of the art reproduction on the cover of JAMA (Romanian painting) in four consecutive issues, and many other book covers. She edited and devised, between 2007 and 2012, the Physician Winter Exhibition’s catalogues, dedicated to the works of artist physicians, organized within the UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu” Days, that are in her custody since 2008. She is peer reviewer for ''European Journal of Internal Medicine'' and ''Dove Press'' journals. She wrote in collective volumes, published by Writers Union – Cluj Department: ''Cartea mea fermecată / My charmed book'' (2009), ''Invitaţie la vers / Invitation to rhyme'' (2010), ''Varză à la Cluj / Cabbage à la Cluj'' (2010), ''Promenada scriitorilor / Writers promenade'' (2012), ''Marea scriitorilor. De la Olimp la zidul puterii / Writers’ Sea. From Olymp to Power’s Wall'' (2012).


Art work

Poantă has been present in a considerable number of solo exhibitions (University Library Lucian Blaga), in the paintings salons of physicians in Cluj, on the covers of over 150 volumes published by editors such as Dacia, Libra, House Science books, Pallas Athena, Clusium, The Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House etc.Paula Romanescu, “'Între două altare”, in ''ProSaeculum'', 2006, no. 4.


Works


Translations from world literature (written in English and Italian) into Romanian

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Edmondo De Amicis Edmondo De Amicis (; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel ''Heart''. Early career Born in Oneglia (today part of the city of Imperia), h ...
, ''Lift / Lift'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 1999 (reprinted in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012); *
Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
, ''The Happy Prince / Prințul fericit''; ''The Devoted Friend / Prietenul cel bun'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2003 (reprinted in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014); *
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...
, ''Ms. Found in A Bottle / Manuscris găsit într-o sticlă''; ''The Tell-tale Heart / Inima povestitoare'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2003 (reprinted in 2009, 2011); *
Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the Literary modernism, modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been ...
, ''The Fly / Musca''; ''Bliss / Fericire'', Bilingual collection Bufniţa, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2003 (reprinted in 2009, 2010, 2011); * Oscar Wilde, ''Poems in Prose / Poeme în proză''; ''The Model Millionaire / Milionarul model''; ''The Selfish Giant / Uriașul cel egoist'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2004 (reprinted in 2007, 2009); *
Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
, ''The Canterville Ghost/Fantoma din Canterville'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2004 (reprinted in 2009, 2010, 2011); *
Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and ...
, ''The Seven Cream Jugs and Other Short Stories / Cele șapte boluri pentru frișcă și alte povestiri'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2005 (reprinted in 2009, 2011); *
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...
, ''How To Tell A Story / Cum să spui o poveste''; ''Luck / Noroc'', Bilingual collection Bufnița, Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2005 (reprinted in 2009, 2010, 2011); *
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...
, ''Rău de lună și alte povestiri'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2009; * David Greig, ''Ultimul mesaj al cosmonautului către femeia pe care a iubit-o cândva în fosta Uniune Sovietică'', a play translated for the National Theatre “Lucian Blaga” from Cluj-Napoca, premiere: October 2010 (director: Radu Afrim); * Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, ''Manual de scriere academică. Ei spun /eu spun'', Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2015; * Patrick Skene Catling, ''Povestea băiatului care transformă în ciocolată tot ce atinge'', Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2016; * Anne Fine, ''Întoarcerea pisicii asasine'', 2016; ''Rochia lui Bill'', Editura Paralela 45, 2016; * Mary Pope Osborne, ''Portalul magic'', patru povestiri, Editura Paralela 45, 2017.


Volumes of specialized studies (in the field of medicine)

* ''Abecedarul vieții sexuale'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 1999; * ''Abecedarul sănătății'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2001; * ''Actualități în patologia biochimică a bolilor cardiovasculare'', Mircea Cucuianu, Dumitru Zdrenghea (Eds.), Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2004 (co-author); * ''Stresul profesional și riscul cardiovascular la muncitorii feroviari'', in collaboration with D. Zdrenghea, Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2005; * ''Mic dicționar etimologic de termeni medicali'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2005; * ''Electrocardiografie. Cazuri clinice'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2006; second edition, 2008; third edition, 2010 (co-author); * ''Semiologie medicală în 100 de imagini'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2007 (co-author); * ''Medicii și stresul ocupațional'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2007; * ''Recuperare și prevenție cardiovasculară'', Cluj-Napoca, Clusium, 2008 (co-author); * ''Termeni medicali cu nume propriu. Dicționar de semne, simptome, sindroame'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2008; * ''Viața sexuală. Mic dicționar de termeni medicali'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2009; * ''Tulburările funcționale intestinale'', Dan L. Dumitrașcu (Eds.), Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2009 (co-author); * ''Scenarii clinice. Cardiologie'', Cluj-Napoca, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2012 (co-author); * ''Semiologie. Teste, quizuri, scenarii'', Cluj-Napoca, Editura Școala Ardeleană, 2015 (co-author); * ''Termeni medicali. Semne, simptome, sindroame cu nume propriu. Mic dicționar etimologic'', Editura Școala Ardeleană, 2017. * Stresul, boala mileniului trei?, Editura Școala Ardeleană, 2021; * Doctorul de povești. medicină și literatură, 2021 * Omniscop. Medicină și societate, 2023


References

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Valeriu Mihăilă, “Totul despre patologia intestinală sine materia”, in ''Viața medicală'', 2009, no. 30
* Rodica Marian, “Povestirile lui Luigi Pirandello”, in ''Tribuna'', 2010, no. 188; *
Irina Petraș Irina Petraș (born 27 November 1947) is a Romanian writer, literary critic, essayist, translator and editor. Biography Irina Petraș graduated from high school in Agnita in 1965, and from the Faculty of Letters of the Babeș-Bolyai University i ...
, “Salonul de iarnă al medicilor, 1966-2009”, album retrospectiv, în ''Clujul medical'', vol. LXXXIII, 2010, no. 2, p. 365-366; *
Iftimie Nesfântu, “Patul nutritiv din care se naște performanța”, in ''Viața medicală'', 2012, no. 4
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Ovidiu Pecican Ovidiu Coriolan Pecican (born January 8, 1959) is a Romanian historian, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist of partly Serbian origin. He is especially known for his political writings on disp ...
, “Salonul medicilor plasticieni la 42 de ani”, in ''Tribuna'', 2012, no. 245.


Notes


Exhibitions of graphics (personal and collective)

* Central University Library “Lucian Blaga”, Cluj-Napoca; * The Physicians Winter Salon, National Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca; * The Spring Salon of the Writers.


Affiliations

* Member of The Writers’ Union of Romania * Member of Societății Române de Medicină Internă; a Societății Române de Semiologie;
American Society of Echocardiography The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is a professional organization of physicians, cardiac sonographers, nurses and scientists involved in echocardiography, the use of ultrasound to image the heart and vascular system. The organization wa ...
; American Psychosomatic Society; European Association of Echocardiography


External links


Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
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