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Mircea Horia Simionescu: a Bio-bibliography[1]

Novelist, journalist and essayist affiliated with the School of Târgovişte, now understood as a precursor of Romanian postmodernism

b. January 23, 1928, Târgovişte, Romania.

1948      enrolls in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Bucharest where he completes two years before suspending his studies as a result of economic hardship.

         1950         editor at Scântea / The Spark, the daily newspaper of the Communist Party.

1962       graduates from the University of Bucharest, by special examination

1969-71 works for the Central Committee of the Communist Party and in the Council for Culture and Socialist Education

1971-73 becomes director of the Romanian Opera

1974       retires

1998       receives the Opera Omnia prize from the Writers’ Union of Romania

Mircea Horia Simionescu’s published works include:

Ingeniosul bine temperat /The Well-Tempered Wise Guy Cycle, which comprises:

Dictionar onomastic / Onomastic Dictionary: 1969, 2000, 2008

Bibliografia generală / The General Bibliography: 1970, 1992, 2007

Jumătate plus unu (Alt dictiţionar onomastic) / Half Plus One (Another Onomastic Dictionary): 1976

Breviarul (Historia calamitum )/ The Brevary (Historia Calamitatum : 1980, 2007.

Toxiologia sau Dincolo de bine si dincoace de rău/ Toxicology: That Side of Right, This Side of Wrong: 1983, 2007

as well as:

După 1900, pe la amiază / After 1900, at noon: 1974

Răpirea lui Ganymede: jurnal eseu de călătorie/ The Rape of Ganymede: 

            A Travel Journal: 1975

Nesfirşitele primejdii (roman) / The Endless Perils (a novel): 1978. 2007

Învăţături pentru delfin / Instructions for the Dauphin:  1979

Ulise şi Umbra / Ulysses and the Shadow: 1982

Banchetul (Povestiri) / The Banquet (Stories): 1982.

Redingota (roman) / The Redingote (a novel): 1984, 2002

Trei Oglinzi / Three Mirrors: 1987

Asediul Locului Comun / The Seige of the Commonplace: 1988

Paltonul de vară /The Summer Overcoat: 1996

Fărădelegea vaselor comunicante / The Crime of the Communicating Vessels: 1997

Febra: file de jurnal, 1963-1971/ Fever: diary notes, 1963-1971: 1998

Cum se face (roman) / How It’s Done (a novel): 2002

Also of note:

Rătăcirile unui caligraf. Mircea Horia Simionescu în dialog cu Mihai Stan / The Errant Caligrapher: Mircea Horia Simionescu in Dialog with Mihai Stan. Tîrgovişte: Editura Bibliotheca, 2006.