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Mircea Cartarescu
| Full Name: | Mircea Cartarescu |
| Born: | June 1, 1956 Bucharest, Romania |
| Occupation: | University Professor, Writer |
| Nationality: | Romanian |
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Biography
Mircea Cartarescu is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Voda National College during the early 1970s. During his school years, he was a member of literary groups led by Nicolae Manolescu and Ovid S. Crohmalniceanu. At that time, along with many teenagers of his generation, Cartarescu 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 Româneasca.
Between 1980 and 1989, Cartarescu worked as a Romanian language teacher, then worked at the Writers' Union of Romania and as an editor at Caiete Critice magazine. In 1991, he became a lecturer at the Chair of Romanian Literary History, part of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters. As of 2010, he was an associate professor there, where he still lectures to this date. Between 1994 and 1995, he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and currently holds the same position at the University of Stuttgart. In 2012, he received the International Literature Award for his novel The Body.
Cartarescu is married to the Romanian poet Ioana Nicolaie, with whom he has a son. He is a full professor at the University of Bucharest within the Department of Literary Studies.
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