Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (Romanian: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a eliˈade]; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
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| Born | March 13, 1907 Bucharest, Romania |
| Died | April 22, 1986 (aged 79) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian, philosopher, short story writer, journalist, essayist, novelist |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Period | 1921–1986 |
| Genre | Fantasy, autobiography, travel literature |
| Subject | History of religion, philosophy of religion, cultural history, political history |
| Literary movement | Modernism Criterion Trăirism |
| Parents | Gheorghe Eliade Jeana née Vasilescu |
His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential.[1]
The best known are the novels Maitreyi ("La Nuit Bengali" or "Bengal Nights"), Noaptea de Sânziene ("The Forbidden Forest"), Isabel și apele diavolului ("Isabel and the Devil's Waters") and Romanul Adolescentului Miop ("Novel of the Nearsighted Adolescent"), the novellas Domnișoara Christina ("Miss Christina") and Tinerețe fără tinerețe ("Youth Without Youth"), and the short stories Secretul doctorului Honigberger ("The Secret of Dr. Honigberger") and La Țigănci ("With the Gypsy Girls").
Eliade died in Chicago of complications from a stroke on April 22, 1986 at the age of 79. He is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago.
Mircea Eliade Media
Mircea Eliade portrait
Eliade's home in Bucharest (1934–1940)
Eliade's grave at Oak Woods Cemetery
The Last Judgment (detail) in the 12th century Byzantine mosaic at Torcello.
The Cosmic Tree Yggdrasill, as depicted in a 17th-century Icelandic miniature
Eliade's portrait on a Moldovan stamp
Portrait on the Alley of Classics, Chişinău
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Notes
- ↑ Wendy Doniger, "Foreword to the 2004 Edition", Eliade, Shamanism, p.xiii
Other websites
- Biography of Mircea Eliade Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Mircea Eliade, From Primitives to Zen Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- List of Terms Used in Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and The Profane
- Bryan S. Rennie on Mircea Eliade
- Joseph G. Muthuraj, The Significance of Mircea Eliade for Christian Theology