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Mircea Eliade

Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, and philosopher

He established influential paradigms in religious studies, including theories of hierophany and the eternal return.[1][2] Eliade died in Chicago in April 1986 after suffering a stroke.[3] A Romanian scholar of religion, novelist, philosopher, and University of Chicago faculty member was Mircea Eliade.[1]

Quick Facts

Parents
Gheorghe Eliade; Jeana née Vasilescu
Born
13 March 1907
Birthplace
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died
22 April 1986
Place of death
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation
  • Historian
  • philosopher
  • short-story writer
  • journalist
  • essayist
  • novelist
Citizenship
Romania; United States
Genre
  • Fantasy
  • autobiography
  • travel literature

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

As a child he was fascinated with the natural world, Romanian folklore, and the Christian faith, and he joined the Romanian Boy Scouts.[4] He attended the Spiru Haret National College alongside future philosopher Constantin Noica.[5] Eliade traveled to India in autumn 1928 to study Sanskrit and philosophy under Surendranath Dasgupta at Calcutta University.[6] In 1936 he was targeted by far-right press for allegedly authoring "pornography" in his works, and was stripped of his university position in summer 1937.[7]

In 1942 he authored a volume praising the Estado Novo of António de Oliveira Salazar.[8] Following his wife Nina's death in Lisbon in late 1944, Eliade moved to France in September 1945 and later to the United States in 1956.[9][10][11] He became the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago in 1964.[11] Mircea Eliade's father, Gheorghe Eliade, served as an officer in the Romanian Land Forces, and his mother was Jeana, whose maiden name was Vasilescu; Eliade was born in Bucharest.[12]

From 1925 through 1928, Eliade was a student at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, where he completed his studies with a dissertation on Tommaso Campanella.[13] A doctorate was awarded to Eliade in 1933 for his dissertation examining Yoga practices; a French translation of this work appeared three years afterward.[14] Following his 1938 detention and subsequent freeing, Eliade took up posts first as Cultural Attaché to the United Kingdom and then to Portugal.[15][16][17]

What the cited sources add

Sergio Vila-Sanjuán's account notes that Eliade lived in Bucharest intermittently until 1940, leaving the country permanently except for brief visits, the last in 1942.[18] Vila-Sanjuán identifies Sorin Alexandrescu as Eliade's nephew, the son of his sister Corina.[18]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rennie, "Changing Religious Worlds: The Meaning and End of Mircea Eliade", SUNY Press, January 2001 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wendy Doniger, "Foreword to the 2004 Edition", Eliade, Shamanism, p. xiii; Wendy Doniger, "Foreword to the 2004 Edition", Eliade, Shamanism, p. xiii (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ioan P. Culianu, "Mahaparanirvana", in El Hilo de Ariadna , Vol. II; Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Ioan P. Culianu, "Mahaparanirvana", in El Hilo de Ariadna , Vol. II; Ioan P. Culianu, "Mahaparanirvana", in El Hilo de Ariadna , Vol. II; Biografie, in Handoca; Ioan P. Culianu, "Mahaparanirvana", in El Hilo de Ariadna , Vol. II; Ioan P. Culianu, "Mahaparanirvana", in El Hilo de Ariadna , Vol. II; Davíd Carrasco, "Codex Charles Long en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January ; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January ; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Biografie, in Handoca; Steinhardt, in Handoca; Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Veronica Marinescu, " 'Am luat din întâmplările vieții tot ce este mai frumos', spune cercetătorul operei brâncușiene" (" 'I Took the Best Out of Life's Occurre (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nastasă, p. 237 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ornea, pp. 445–455.; Nastasă, pp. 525–526.; Nastasă, p. 86; Ornea, pp. 452–453; Şora, in Handoca (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Michael Löwy, Review of Daniel Dubuisson, Impostures et pseudo-science. L'œuvre de Mircea Eliade, in Archives de Science Sociale et Religion, 132 (2005) ; retri; Eliade, Salazar, in "Eliade despre Salazar" ("Eliade on Salazar"), Evenimentul Zilei, October 13, 2002; Ellwood, p. 90; Eliade, Salazar, in "Eliade despre Salazar" ("Eliade on Salazar"), Evenimentul Zilei, October 13, 2002; Eliade, in Handoca; Eliade, in Handoca (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul Cernat, "Jurnalul unui om mare" ("The Diary of A Big Man") , in Observator Cultural, Nr. 338, September 2006; retrieved January 23, 2008; Paul Cernat, "Jurnalul unui om mare" ("The Diary of A Big Man") , in Observator Cultural, Nr. 338, September 2006; retrieved January 23, 2008; Andrei Oişteanu, "Mircea Eliade, de la opium la amfetamine" ("Mircea Eliade, from Opium to Amphetamines") , in 22, Nr. 896, May 2007; retrieved January 17, 2008; Paul Cernat, "Jurnalul unui om mare" ("The Diary of A Big Man") , in Observator Cultural, Nr. 33 en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Biografie, in Handoca; Paul Cernat, "Jurnalul unui om mare" ("The Diary of A Big Man") , in Observator Cultural, Nr. 338, September 2006; retrieved January 23, 2008; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January ; Șora, in Handoca; Albert Ribas, "Mircea Eliade, historiador de las religiones" ("Mircea Eliade, Historian of Religions"), in El Ciervo. Revista de pensamiento y cultura, Año 49, ; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el B en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Biografie, in Handoca; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January ; McGuire, p. 151; Conference on Hermeneutics in History: Mircea Eliade, Joachim Wach, and the Science of Religions , at the University of Chicago Martin Marty Center. Institute f; Biografie, in Handoca; McGuire, pp. 151–152 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Biografie, in Handoca; Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Călinescu, p. 956; Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Simona Chiţan, "Nostalgia după România" ("Nostalgia for Romania"), interview with Sorin Alexandrescu, in Evenimentul Zilei, June 24, 2006; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mir en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Biografie, in Handoca; Biografie, in Handoca (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Silviu Mihai, "A doua viaţă a lui Mircea Eliade" ("Mircea Eliade's Second Life"), in Cotidianul, February 6, 2006; retrieved July 31, 2007; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January ; Biografie, in Handoca; Nastasă, p. 237; Albert Ribas, "Mircea Eliade, historiador de las religiones" ("Mircea Eliade, Historian of Religions"), in El Ciervo. Revista de pensamiento y cultura, Año 49, ; Nastasă, p. 237; Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "P en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ornea, pp. 208–209 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  16. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ornea, p. 209; Andrei Oişteanu, , in 22, Nr. 926, December 2007; retrieved January 18, 2008; Ornea, p. 209 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  17. Wikipedia, "Mircea Eliade" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul Cernat, "Jurnalul unui om mare" ("The Diary of A Big Man") , in Observator Cultural, Nr. 338, September 2006; retrieved January 23, 2008; Biografie, in Handoca; Nastasă, p. 442; Cătălin Avramescu, "Citim una, înţelegem alta" ("We Read One Thing and Understand Another") , in Dilema Veche, Vol. III, August 2006; retrieved January 28, 2008; Michael Löwy, Review of Daniel Dubuisson, Impostures et pseudo-science. L'œuvre de Mircea Eliade, in Archives de Science Sociale et Religion, 132 (2005) ; retri (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  18. Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, "Paseo por el Bucarest de Mircea Eliade" ("Passing through Mircea Eliade's Bucharest"), in La Vanguardia, May 30, 2007 ; retrieved January . facts only, no text reused. lavanguardia.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Mircea Eliade (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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