Elena-Esther Tacciu

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Elena-Esther Tacciu, (née Rozenberg; December 6, 1933 – October 5, 2024), Tel Aviv, Israel; daughter of Mera-Miriam Rozenberg née Strashun and Dr. Shlomo Rozenberg), was a literary historian and critic, essayist and poet.^[1]

Life and career

Elena-Esther Tacciu was born in Fălticeni, Romania. to Mera-Miriam Rozenberg née Strashun and Dr. Shlomo Rozenberg. At the end of the war, the family moved to Bucharest. In Bucharest, Elena-Esther Tacciu attended Școala Centrală National College and graduated from the Faculty of Philology in 1960, Department of Literature and Literary Critique. She worked 23 years in education as a high school teacher and continued to dedicate herself to literary research. In 1974, she earned a PhD in Comparative Literature for a thesis on European and Romanian Romanticism (A Romantic Mythology, Cartea Românească Publishing House, 1973). Toward the end of her life she became part of the community of Romanian‑language Israeli writers, living and publishing in Israel.

Literary work

Elena-Esther Tacciu is known for her Bachelardian comparative study of Eminescu (Eminescu. The Poetry of the Elements) and for the trilogy dedicated to Romanian Romanticism, the first volume of which was awarded the National Prize for Literary Criticism and Literary History in 1982. Less well known are the poetry collection Umbra Copacului (

) and the volume of astrological portraits Stele Regale (

).

In the Bachelardian analysis of Eminescu's posthumous works (Eminescu. The Poetry of the Elements, 1979), the author dismantles symbols and redefines the primordial elements out of which Eminescu raised his great imagistic edifices. These methodological considerations had rounded out earlier exegeses of the critic who projects the Romanticism into the universal. The same integrative result will be achieved by the three volumes of the major study Romanian Romanticism (1982–1987), "a study of archetypes", as the subtitle specifies. In this study, the space of modern Romanian literature is considered a "romantic world", with national heroes and native and universal models within a paradigm that generates fruitful orientations up to the contemporary period.^[2]

Published works

Books

A Romantic Mythology (Mitologie Romantică), Romantic Motifs in Romanian Literature: the XIXth century. Thesis for a PhD, Cartea Românească Publishing House, Bucharest, 1973, 360 p.
The Adventure of George Gordon Byron (Aventura lui George Gordon Byron), Cartea Românească Publishing House, Bucharest, 1977, 300 p.
Three Romanian Poets Preceding Eminescu (Trei Poeți Preeminescieni), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1978, 300 p.
Eminescu. The Poetry of Elements (Eminescu. Poezia Elementelor). A study of Eminescu’s poetry based on Gaston Bachelard’s work on the four main symbols. Cartea Românească Publishing House, Bucharest, 1979, 360 p.
The Romanian Romanticism, Vol. I (Romantismul Românesc, Vol. I), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1982, 600 p.
The Romanian Romanticism, Vol. II (Romantismul Românesc, Vol. II), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1985, 450 p.
The Romanian Romanticism, Vol. III (Romantismul Românesc, Vol. III), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1987, 360 p.
The Tree's Shadow (Umbra Copacului), Poetry, The Publishing House of the Committee for Jewish Cultural Activity, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1994
Royal Stars (Stele Regale), DU Style Publishing House, Bucharest, 1997

Anthologies

Căderea Salcâmului (The Fall of the Acacia), studies dedicated to Marin Preda, in The Time Stopped, Cartea Românească Publishing House, Bucharest, 1981
De la Suflet la Suflet (Heart to Heart) A Self-Portrait; Voices of Women, Touchstone Publishing House, Texas, USA, 1989

Essays, articles, and launch reviews

In Romania: About 200 essays published in different literary journals
In Israel: Essays and articles published in local journals

Awards and memberships

1978: Member of the Romanian Union of Writers
1978: Member of the International Byron Society
1982: The National Prize for Criticism and History of Literature for The Romanian Romanticism, Vol. I (Romantismul Romanesc, Vol. I), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1982, 600 p.
1993: The Sarah and Hayim Yankulovich Prize, Israel
2000: The Commemorative Medal 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Mihai Eminescu, Bucharest

References

Citations

↑ Velea, Stan (Dicționarul General al Literaturii Romane). [intellit.ro/dictionaries/author/biography?section=poeti&number=66&startWith=T&name=TACCIU%2C+Elena-Esther "Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române"] Check |archive-url= value (help). TACCIU, Elena-Esther. Archived from the original on 2000. Retrieved Sept 26. 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help); Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
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General references

Supplemental biographies

The Who’s Who: Women of the World, Cambridge, England, 1981
The International Book of Honor, USA, 1983
Community Leaders of the World, USA, 1983
Foremost Women of the XXth Century, Cambridge, England, 1984
The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, USA, 1984
5000 Personalities of the World, USA, 1987
International Leaders in Achievement, Cambridge, England, 1990
Dictionary of Biographies, Cambridge, England, 1990

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[1] Velea, Stan (Dicționarul General al Literaturii Romane). [intellit.ro/dictionaries/author/biography?section=poeti&number=66&startWith=T&name=TACCIU%2C+Elena-Esther "Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române"] Check |archive-url= value (help). TACCIU, Elena-Esther. Archived from the original on 2000. Retrieved Sept 26. 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help); Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)

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