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'''Matei Alexe Călinescu''' (June 15, 1934 &ndash; June 24, 2009) was a [[Romania]]n literary critic and professor of [[comparative literature]] at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]], in [[Bloomington, Indiana]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Călinescu was born in [[Bucharest]], [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], the son of Radu Călinescu, an engineer, and Dora Călinescu (née Vulcănescu), a homemaker.<ref name="Gale">"Matei (Alexe) Calinescu." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]], 2002. Retrieved via ''Biography In Context'' database, 2018-03-31.</ref> He attended the {{ill|Ion Luca Caragiale Bucharest National School|lt=Ion Luca Caragiale High School|ro|Colegiul Național I.L. Caragiale din București}} in Bucharest, obtaining his diploma in 1952. He then pursued his studies at the [[University of Bucharest]], graduating in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comparativeliterature.indiana.edu/about/Calinescu.shtml|title=Matei A. Călinescu 1934–2009| website=comparativeliterature.indiana.edu| publisher=Department of Comparative Literature, [[Indiana University Bloomington]]|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> Călinescu became an assistant professor in the Department of Universal and Comparative Literature at the University of Bucharest, and made his literary debut in ''{{ill|Gazeta literară|ro}}''. He was offered a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright grant]] and defected to the [[United States]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.observatorcultural.ro/Nu-stiam-niciodata-ce-se-va-produce-in-poezie*articleID_23406-articles_details.html|title=Nu știam niciodată ce se va produce în poezie|publisher=[[Observator Cultural]]|language=Romanian|date=March 2010|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><br />
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From 1973 to 1975 Călinescu was a visiting professor at Indiana University Bloomington, before becoming an associate professor there in 1976, and a full professor in 1978.<ref name="Gale"/> He was awarded a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1975|Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1975. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1980.<ref name="Gale"/> Upon his retirement he became an Emeritus Professor at Indiana University. He lived with his wife in Bloomington, Indiana, and died there in 2009.<br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Matthew's Enigma: A father's portrait of his autistic son.'', Bloomington, IN: [[Indiana University Press]], 2009, 210&nbsp;p. {{ISBN|978-0-253-22066-0}}<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Eugène Ionesco: Teme identitare și existențiale'' (Eugène Ionesco: Identity and Existential Themes) Iași: [[Junimea]], 2006, 491 p.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Ionesco: Recherches identitaires'', Paris: [[Oxus]], 2005, 348 p.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Un fel de jurnal, 1973–1981'' (A Diary of Sorts, 1973–1981), Iași: [[Polirom]], 2005.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, Ion Vianu, ''Amintiri în dialog'' (Memories in Dialogue), Bucharest: Editura Litera, 1994; 2nd ed. with preface and two new chapters included as an Epilogue, Iași: [[Polirom]], 1998; 3rd edition, Iași: [[Polirom]], 2005.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Tu: Elegii și invenții'' (You: Elegies and Inventions, poems), Iași: Polirom, 2004.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Mateiu I. Caragiale: recitiri'', Cluj: Biblioteca Apostrof, 2003, 160 p., 2nd ed., Cluj-Iași: Apostrof-Polirom, 2007.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Portretul lui M'' (The Portrait of M, a memoir), Iași: Polirom, 2003.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Rereading'', New Haven: [[Yale University Press]], 1993, 336 p. Translated into Romanian as ''A citi, a reciti. Cǎtre o poeticǎ a (re)lecturii'', Iași: Polirom, 2003. {{ISBN|0-300-05657-5}}<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Despre Ioan P. Culianu și Mircea Eliade. Amintiri, Lecturi, Reflecții'', Iași: Polirom, 2002, 177 p., 2nd ed., Iași: Polirom, 2002, 231 p.<br />
* [[Vlad Georgescu]], Matei Călinescu, ''The Romanians: a history'', [[Ohio State University Press]], 1991. {{ISBN|0-8142-0511-9}}<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Exploring Postmodernism'', (co-edited with Douwe W. Fokkema), Amsterdam and Philadelphia: [[John Benjamins]], 1988, 270 p., Paperback edition, 1990.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism'', [[Duke University Press]], 1987. {{ISBN|0-8223-0767-7}}<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Faces of Modernity: Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch'', [[Indiana University Press]], 1977. {{ISBN|0-253-32087-9}}<br />
* Matei Călinescu, Selections of Poetry translated into English in ''Mundus Artium'', 1976; ''New Letters'', 1976; ''Seneca Review'', 1981; ''Correspondences'', 1982; and ''2 PLUS 2'', 1983.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Umbre de apă, poeme'', (Water Shadows, poems), Bucharest: Editura [[Cartea Românească]], 1972.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Versuri'' (Lines), Bucharest: Editura Eminescu, 1970.<br />
* Matei Călinescu, ''Viața și opiniile lui Zacharias Lichter'' (The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter), a short novel, Bucharest: Editura Pentru Literatură, 1969. Translated into Hungarian, 1971; Polish, 1972; French excerpts, in ''Cahiers de l'Est'', 1, 2, 1975; and English, 2018. 2nd ed., enlarged, Bucharest: Editura Eminescu, 1971; 3rd ed., with new preface, 1995, Iași: Polirom, 1995; 4th edition, Iași: Polirom, 2004.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1969: Romanian Writers' Union Prize for Fiction, for ''Viaţa şi opiniile lui Zacharias Lichter'' (The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter)<ref name="Gale"/><br />
* 1975: [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref name="Gale"/><br />
* 2006: Writers' Union Prize for Essay and Criticism, for ''Eugène Ionesco: Teme identitare și existențiale'' (Eugène Ionesco: Identity and Existential Themes)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archive.today/20121212151551/http://newsinfo.iu.edu/sb/page/normal/378.html "Matei Calinescu"], at Indiana University<br />
* [http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/matei-c-linescu/ "Matei Calinescu"], at WordsWithoutBorders<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071105004130/http://www.polirom.ro/catalog/autori/calinescu-matei/ Author’s page] on the website of Romanian publishing house [[Polirom]]<br />
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