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                      L I D I A   V I A N U                           


Professor, Dr., Bucharest University – Department of English

Fulbright Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature, SUNY Binghamton, 1991-92

Fulbright Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 1997-98

Soros Grant, Research Support Scheme, 2000-2002 (appreciated as ‘excellent’)

Member of the Writers’ Union, Romania

Member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)

Memeber of RAAS (Romanian Association for American Studies)

Internet site: http://lidiavianu.scriptmania.com


C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E


Born July 7, 1947 M. A. 1970 PhD in Comparative Literature 1978

I BOOKS

LITERARY CRITICISM

1. Modern Lyrical Scenarios (From T.S. Eliot to Paul Valéry), Bucharest University Press, 1983, dissertation (216 pages)

2. T. S. Eliot : An Author for All Seasons, Paideia, Bucharest, 1997; Bucharest University

   Press, 1984 (325 pages); Bucharest University Press, 2002, revised edition

– written in English 3. Hybridization in 20th Century British Literature, Bucharest University Press, 1998 (160 pages) – written in English

4. British Literary Desperadoes at the Turn of the Millennium, ALL Publishing House, Bucharest – written in English, 1999 (263 pages) http://www.unibuc.ro/eBooks/filologie/Vianu/index.htm 5. Alan Brownjohn and the Desperado Age, Bucharest University Press, 2003 (145 pages) – written in English

6. The Desperado Age: British Literature at the Start of the Third Millennium, Bucharest University Press, 2004 (296 pages) – written in English


TRANSLATIONS

1. Joseph Conrad: The Mirror of the Sea, translated into Romanian Amarcord, Timisoara, 1994

2. Eugen Simion: The Return of the Author, translated into English Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois, 1986 (220 pages) Nominated for the Scaglione Translation Prize, 1997

3. Dumitru M. Ion: The Gospel After John Metaphor, translated into English Orient–Occident, 1999

4. Carolina Ilica: The Tyranny of Dream, translated into English Orient–Occident, 1999

5. Carolina Ilica: 13 (Double) Love Poems, translated into English Orient-Occident, 2001

6. Marin Sorescu : The Bridge, translated into English, with Adam J. Sorkin, Bloodaxe Books, 2004 (94 pages)

7. Marin Sorescu : The Past Perfect of Flight, translated into English with Adam J. Sorkin, The Romanian Cultural Institute Publishing House, 2004 (310 pages)


HANDBOOKS

1. English with a Key, West Publishing House, Timisoara, 1993 (310 pages) revised and reprinted by Teora, Bucharest, 1996-2001

2. English with a Choice, Teora, Bucharest, 2001 (231 pages)

3. English in Style, Univers Enciclopedic, 2002 (170 pages)


INTERVIEWS AND TRANSLATIONS

Censorship in Romania, Central European University Press, Budapest, 1998 (233 pages)

–original in English

FICTION

Prisoner in the Mirror, novel, Porto Franco, Galati, 1993

POETRY

1. 1, 2, 3, Integral Publishing House, 1997, Bucharest (75 pages)

2. Moderato 7, Orient-Occident Publishing House, 1998, Bucharest (88 pages)

3. Very, Romanian Book Publishing House, Bucharest, 2001 (90 pages)


II. ANTHOLOGIES WITH LONG INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS

1. The Quicksands of Criticism, Bucharest University Press, 1980, original in English (440 pages)

2. Later 20th Century British Poetry, BUP, 1984, original in English (564 pages–essay of 60 pages)

3. Modern British Short Fiction, BUP, 1987, original in English (360 pages–essay of 71 pages)

4. 29 Postwar American Poets, BUP, 1989, original in English (632 pages–essay of 102 pages)

5. An Anthology of English Literature. The Modern Age, BUP, 1984, joint volume (594 pages)

6. Desperado Poetry – A Selection of Contemporary British Verse, Bucharest University Press, 2004, original in English (487 pages – essay of 60 pages)



III. ESSAYS

1. The Age of Imprecision (Order Denied), in the volume Studies in English Language and Literature for Refresher Courses, BUP, 1983 — original in English

2. A Trespassing Poet : e. e. cummings, Annals, 1982–original in English

3. T. S. Eliot Misconceived by Young Romanian Authors, Annals, 1985–original in English

4. T. S. Eliot. To Criticize the Critic, Critical Notebooks 1 2/1985

5. Philip Larkin: A Restlessly Reticent Poet, Postwar English Literature, BUP, 1988 –original in English

6. T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land – the Technique of the Fragment and the Coherence of the Text, Studies in World Literature, 1978

7. T. S. Eliot: Humor Descending, Annals, 1979 — original in English 8. T. S. Eliot's Poetry, between Myth and Life, Colloques, BUP, 1980 – original in English

9. T. S. Eliot and the Dignity of Culture, The 20th Century, 7 9/1980

10. A Critical Time for Criticism? (The Critical Hubris in Europe), Annals, 1981 -- original in English

11. Eugene O'Neill, The 20th Century, 5-6/1975

12. T.S.Eliot: National and World Culture, The 20th Century, 7-9/1980

13. Seamus Heaney: A Nobel for Ireland, Literary Romania, Oct.18, 1996

14. The Hidden Face of T.S.Eliot, preface to the bilingual edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Alma, 1996

15. T.S.Eliot – Between Modernism and Postmodernism, Romanian Life, 7-8/1996

16. "Hurry up, Joyce, It's Time!", The 20th Century 4-6, 1996

17. Emily Dickinson, The Time, Jassy, November 1996

18. Kazuo Ishiguro–Irony, Your Majesty, The 20th Century, 11-12/1998, pp. 92-97

19. David Lodge: A Desperado of Simplicity, Romanian Life 1/2, 1999, pp. 51-56

20. The Poet, Alone among Images, The Word 8/1999

21. Alan Brownjohn–The Despair of Words, Romanian Life 7, 1999, pp. 66-75

22. Rewriting, Rereading, Dissent. The Waste Land, University of Bucharest Review, 3/1999 (original in English)

23. The Maze of Modern British Short Fiction, preface to the volume Modern British Short Fiction,

                                  ed. Lidia Vianu, UPP, 1987, pp. 5-74 (original in English)

24. End of the Century in British Poetry: In T.S. Eliot’s Footsteps, preface to the volume Later 20th Century British Poetry, ed. Lidia Vianu, BUP, 1984, pp. 3-61

25. The Days and Ways of Postwar American Lyricism, preface to the volume 29 Postwar American Poets, ed. Lidia Vianu, BUP, 1989, pp. 21-103 (original in English)

26. Philip Larkin, Romanian Life, 10,11/1999, pp.43-47

27. David Lodge–Who Is Afraid of the Modern Novel?, Romanian Life, 11/1999, pp. 74-80

28. Martin Amis: The Novel to Rent, in Ana Cartianu, Festschrift, BUP, 2000, pp. 250-258 (original in English)

29. Hamlet, My Brother, preface to My Brother, by George Virgil Stoenescu, Univers Enciclopedic,

                                                               Bucharest 2000, pp. 523-563   
                                                                                                                                                               

30. The Out-of-Order Poem and the Orderly Translation, The 20th Century, 1-3/2000, Bucharest, pp. 174-178

31. William Golding, Dispassionately Dystopic, preface to William Golding’s Fables and the Human

            Condition by Alexander Hollinger, Cavalliotti, 2000, pp. V-VII (original in English)

32. Peter Ackroyd, Poet and Inventor, Romanian Life 7-8/2000, pp. 169-176

33. Alan Brownjohn, the Blank Novelist, Romanian Life 7-8/2000, pp. 221-223

34. T.S. Eliot Is with Us, afterword, bilingual edition of The Waste Land, Cartea Românească, 2000 (pp. 79-86)

35. The Motif of Darkness Translated. From Robert Browning’s Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, University of Bucharest Review (Translation as Quest), 7/2000, pp. 38-41 (original in English)

36. Postmodern or Desperado?, Romanian Life 1-2/2001, pp. 75-81

37. Kazuo Ishiguro – Desperado or Not?, Romanian Life 3-4/2001, pp. 60-64

38. V.S. Naipaul, Literary Romania, pp. 20-21, October 24-30, 2001

39. Desperado or Postmodern? – John Fowles (essay and interview), Critical Notebooks 1-6/2001, pp. 45-47

40. Alan Brownjohn: The Long Shadows of Imagination and Fear, Bucharest University Annals, BUP, 2000, original in English (pp. 27-38)

41. Postmodern or Desperado? Doris Lessing, Romanian Life 7-8/2002, pp. 81-87

42. Post-Time in the Desperado Work, Romanian Life 9-10/2001, pp. 106-111

43. ‘Desperado’ or Not?, an essay and an essay-interview with George Szirtes, The European English Messenger XI/1, Spring 2002, pp. 51-58

44. The Desperado Freedom, Studies of Modern Languages and Literatures, Mirton Timişoara, 2001, pp. 349-353 (original in English)

45. The Nature of Fiction in the Desperado Work, University of Bucharest Review – A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, III/11, 2001, pp. 71-75 (original in English)

46. Alasdair Gray : Postmodern or Desperado ?, Romanian Life 5-6/2002, pp. 238-241

47. Desperado Fiction, Caiete Critice 5-7/2002, pp. 144-147

48. The Free Desperado, Lingua Pax II, Cavallioti, 2001, Bucureşti, pp. 64-69 – original in English

49. Graham Swift : Desperado or Not ?, Romanian Life 10-11/2002, pp. 238-241

50. Alan Brownjohn, the Thematic Critic, Bucharest University Annals, BUP, 2002, pp. 47-65 (original in English)

51. The Desperado Novel Comes of Age, The 21rst Century 8-12/2002, pp. 308-320

52. Postmodern or Desperado ? George Orwell, Romanian Life 1-2/2003, pp. 128-131

53. East and West in Desperado Literature, Romanian Life 3-4/2003, pp.35-47

54. The Desperado Age and the Iron Curtain, Univesity of Bucharest Review – Orientalism and Occidentalism, vol. IV, no. 3-4, 2002, pp. 108-122 – original in English

55. Alan Brownjohn and the Desperado Age, International Notebook of Poetry 4/2003, LiterArtXXI, pp. 75-85 – original in English

56. Malcolm Bradbury and Mensonge, Postructuralism’s Hidden Hero, Romanian Life 8-9/2003, pp. 246-248

57. George Virgil Stoenescu and Desperado Poetry, Romanian Life 11-12/2003, pp. 113-127

58. Desperado Poetry – The Poet of Impossible Communion, preface to the volume Cells, by George Virgil Stoenescu, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, Bucharest, 2003, pp. 13-47

59. Dannie Abse and William Carlos Williams, Romanian Life 1-2/2004, pp. 240-245

60. The Orphaned Novel and the Comforting Novelist, Bucharest University Annals, BUP, 2003 (pp. 65-75) – original in English

61. Poems and Paintings from Beyond : Margaret Spataru Cover, International Notebook of Poetry, LiterArt XXI, 5/2004 (pp. 272-279) – original in English

62. Andrei Codrescu, The Desperado Poet (essay and interview), American Voices, ed. Laura P. Alonso Gallo, Aduana Vieja, Cadiz, Spain, 2004 (pp. 185-203)

63. Ruth Fainlight, the Vertical Poet, Romanian Life 4-5/2004 (pp. 223-240)

64. Peter Ackroyd, the Desperado Poet, Romanian Life 6-7/2004 (pp. 163-165)

65. Fleur Adcock and Desperado Poetry, Romanian Life 11-12/2004 (pp. 161-168)

66. Lucia Negoiţă and Desperado Poetry, Vatra 11-12/2004, Târgu Mureş (pp. 136-137)

67. Possession of the Secret and Narration of the Known : A.S. Byatt, University of Bucharest Review – A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, VI/3, 2004 (pp. 156-165)

68. The Distance Between Poet and Text, preface to the volume The Distance Between Us by Fiona Sampson, Vinea Publishing House, Bucharest, 2005 (pp. 125-158)