His debut as a writer was in 1978 in România Literară magazine. He has been and currently still is a full lecturing professor at the University of Bucharest (UB) within the Department of Literary Studies. His works have been translated into most European languages. In 2012, he received the International Literature Award for his novel The Body.Ĭărtărescu is also married to the Romanian poet Ioana Nicolaie with whom he has a son. Between 19, he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and currently holds the same position at the University of Stuttgart. As of 2010, he was an associate professor there, where he still lectures to this date. In 1991, he became a lecturer at the Chair of Romanian Literary History, part of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters. That same year, some of his works were published by Cartea Românească.īetween 19, Cărtărescu worked as a Romanian language teacher, then worked at the Writers' Union of Romania and as an editor at Caiete Critice magazine. He graduated in 1980 with a thesis that later became his book on poetry, more specifically The Chimaeric Dream. Later, he studied at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, Department of Romanian Language and Literature. At that time, along with many teenagers of his generation, Cărtărescu was tremendously influenced by the legacy of the 1960s American counterculture, including artists such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors. During his school years, he was a member of literary groups led by Nicolae Manolescu and Ovid S. Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Vodă National College during the early 1970s.
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