Geo Constantinescu

Geo Constantinescu (prose writer, literary critic, associate professor (PhD)) was born in the commune of Benești-Bălcești, Vâlcea County, on 22 October 1956.

He attended primary school at the general school in his native village, Irimești, between 1963 and 1971.

He continued his secondary studies at “Frații Buzești” High School in Craiova, evening program, and passed the baccalaureate in 1977.

During this period he worked as a laborer at the aircraft factory in Craiova and attended the creative meetings of the “Cezar Petrescu” literary circle at the House of Culture of the “Electroputere” Works, and later those of the House of Culture of the city of Craiova, where high school and university students were active, and where the creative atmosphere was freer and more demanding. From there, colleagues of his generation (Iovan Valeriu, Mihai Măceș, etc.) entered the literary field. At “Frații Buzești” High School there was also a serious literary circle, under the guidance of Professor Marian Barbu. There he was a schoolmate of the future poets Constantin Urucu and Carmen Grădinaru.

In 1977 he was admitted to the full-time program of the Faculty of Philology of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romanian–Spanish section, under the “subject to conscription” category. He completed the compulsory nine-month military service, and from 1978 he attended the courses of the institution, graduating in 1982. During this time he published book, film, and theatre reviews in the student magazine “Napoca universitară”, as well as literary prose.

While working as a teacher of Romanian language and literature at the I–X School in the town of Borsec, Harghita County (1982–1987), he published literary reviews in the literature magazine “Echinox” (of students from Cluj-Napoca), participating in its scientific activities, as well as those organized by the Harghita County School Inspectorate.

From 1977 to 1990 he worked as a film editor at the Harghita County Cinematographic Enterprise, where he published film and literary reviews in the local newspaper “Informația Harghitei”. From 1990 to 1993 he worked as an editor for the Bucharest weekly “Viața CM”, and later in the culture section of the newspaper “Azi”, where he founded the supplement “Fețele culturii”, sold every Wednesday together with the newspaper.

In 1993 he was admitted to doctoral studies at the University of Bucharest, where he obtained a PhD in Philology in 2002 with the dissertation “The Romanian Novella in the Interwar Period”, supervised by Professor Dumitru Micu.

Between 1996 and 2022 he served as a lecturer and later associate professor of Spanish language and literature at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Craiova.

In 2000 he received an AECI scholarship for the titles of professor and researcher in the field of Spanish language and literature in Madrid, where—besides the required courses and activities—he also learned about part of the intellectual activity of Romanian émigrés who were active in Spain between 1944 and 1989.

Throughout this period he published 44 studies in university/academy yearbooks, collective volumes (festschrifts, memorial volumes, in memoriam volumes), 66 studies/essays and articles on literary topics in specialist journals, and presented 28 papers at scholarly events—conferences, congresses, symposia, colloquia—both in Romania and abroad.

As an author, he published: El modernismo en la narrativa breve de Gabriel Miró, Editura Aius, Craiova, 2000; Nuvela, permanență a epicului, Editura Universitaria, Craiova, 2004; Poesía española del siglo XX (hasta el año 1939), Editura Scrisul românesc, Craiova, 2009; Literatura spaniolă contemporană, Editura Universitaria Craiova, 2013; Carul cu pere (literary prose), Editura Ramuri, Craiova, 2015; Întoarcerea istoriei. Literatură diaristică și de memorii, Editura Eikon, Bucharest, 2020.

He translated to and from Spanish: Malvinas. Poema, Spanish–Romanian bilingual edition, with a foreword by George Popescu, Editura Aius, Craiova, 2010; Ion Munteanu, Octav Calleya, en el atril de la vida, Spanish translation by Geo Constantinescu, Editorial Fundación Málaga, 2013; Constantin Pădureanu, Focuri pe colnic / Fuegos por el acero, Spanish version by Geo Constantinescu, Editura Aius, Craiova, 2015.

Writings about his books include: Dan Ionescu, Scrisul românesc, Year XV, no. 6, June 2017, p. 18, Carul cu pere (Geo Constantinescu); Ionel Bușe, Mozaicul, Year XX, no. 3 (221), March 2017, Geo Constantinescu – Carul cu pere; Ion Munteanu, Vatra Veche, Year VIII, no. 3 (87), March 2016, p. 31, Geo Constantinescu, pictor de imagini în cuvinte; Ionel Bușe, Mozaicul, Year XVIII, no. 5–6 (199–200), May–June 2015, p. 20, Monografia nuvelei românești (Geo Constantinescu); Ion Hirghiduș, Mozaicul XVII, no. 4 (88), no. 11–12, November–December 2014, p. 19, Geo Constantinescu, Despre literatura spaniolă contemporană; Ion Munteanu, Ramuri, no. 2, February 2014, p. 7, Despre literatura în țara lui Cervantes (Geo Constantinescu); Ion Hirghiduș, Vatra Veche, Year III, no. 11 (35), November 2011, p. 35, Aspecte critice asupra nuvelei moderne (Geo Constantinescu); Dan Ionescu, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 8 (84), August 2010, p. 25, Un compendiu de literatură spaniolă; Irina Simanschi, Mozaicul, Year XVI, no. 5 (151), May 2011, Mario Sampoleosi, Malvinas (translation by Geo Constantinescu); Luis Raul Calvo, Letras-Arte-Educación, Año XXI, 56, 2010, Argentina, interview with Geo Constantinescu, Romanian literary critic.

Awards:

24 October 2009: Publicistics Prize for 2008 (on interculturality themes), awarded by Editura și „Revista Scrisul românesc”. 4 October 2013: Diploma of Excellence for continuous collaboration (2003–2013), for translations and literary history articles in Revista „Scrisul românesc”.

Since 2019 he has been a member of the Union of Professional Journalists in Romania, and since 2020 a member of the Writers' Union of Romania, Craiova branch.

References

Geo Constantinescu, Poesía española del siglo XX (Hasta el año 1939)

Volumes:

2010: Recoveries for the history of literature: Romanian writers in Spain, in the collective volume Multiculturalismul. Actualitatea istoriei literare, Ed. Scrisul Românesc, Craiova, 2010, ISBN 978-606-8031-39-2, pp. 238–242.
2009: Poesía española del siglo XX (hasta el año 1939), Ed. Scrisul românesc, Craiova, 2009, ISBN 978-606-8031-41-5.
2009: Lope de Vega, “poesía de las vivencias” in El Siglo de Oro before and after El arte nuevo, Nuevo enfoque desde una perspectiva pluridisciplinaria, Ed. Sitech, Craiova, 2009, ISBN 978-606-530-431-4, pp. 243–248.
2004: Nuvela, permanență a epicului, Ed. Universitaria, Craiova, 2009, ISBN 973-8043-543-3.
2000: El modernismo en la narrativa breve de Gabriel Miró, Ed. Aius, Craiova, 2000, ISBN 973-9490-31-X.

Articles in volumes and publications accredited by CNCSIS (categories B+, B, C and D):

Miguel de Unamuno, Poesías, diario de un ser agónico, “Revista de Lengua y Literatura española”, Publicación de Estudios Hispánicos de las Universidades de Rumania, Casa Editorial de la Universidad “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, no. 3, 2010, ISSN 1844-6442, pp. 15–21.
José María Jinojosa y el surrealismo español, “Limba si literatura. Repere identitare in context european”, proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the Faculty of Letters, Pitești, 4–6 June 2010, Editura Universității din Pitești, 2010, ISSN 1843-1577, pp. 445–449.
Pedro Salinas, Poeta del amor, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Literatures and Classical Languages, Year VII, no. 1–2, 2010, ISSN 1841-1258, pp. 154–159.
José de Espronceda and Mihai Eminescu, two Romantic poets, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 1 (77), January 2010, p. 12.
Tradición y modernidad en la literatura española del inicio del siglo XX, journal “Limba şi literatura, repere identitare în context european”, proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Faculty of Letters, Pitești, 5–7 June 2009, no. 5/2009, vol. II, Editura Universității din Pitești, 2009, ISSN 1843-1577, pp. 359–364.
Manuel Machado y el modernismo de la primera ola, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Applied Foreign Languages, Year V, no. 1–2/2009, proceedings of the International Colloquium “Limbă, cultură, civilizație”, Craiova, 3–5 March 2009, ISSN 1841-8074, pp. 112–118.
Jorge Guillén – Cántico – canción eterna del goce de vivir, Colocvium, journal edited by the Society of Philological Sciences, Dolj Branch, Craiova, no. 1–2, 2009, ISSN 1582-5469, pp. 17–20.
La mujer y la naturaleza en la obra de Federico García Lorca, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Romanian, universal and comparative literature, Year XXVIII–XXIX, no. 1–4, 2007–2008, Ed. Universitaria Craiova, ISSN 1224-5720, pp. 109–115.
Tradición y modernidad en la literatura española del inicio del siglo XX, Colocvium, biannual journal of Romanian and comparative literature, no. 1–2, 2007, pp. 164–171.
Jorge Guillén, Cántico, canción eterna del goce de vivir, in the volume “Omagiu aniversar, Academicianului Marius Sala”, Ed. Universitaria, Craiova, 2007, pp. 191–194.
Antonio Machado, El poeta de las esencias, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Romanian, universal and comparative literature, Year XXVII–XXVIII, no. 1–4, 2005–2006, Ed. Universitaria Craiova, ISSN 1224-5720, pp. 128–133.
Vicente Aleixandre, El amor como muerte en los volúmenes Espadas como labios and La destrucción o el amor, Analele Universității Creştine Dimitrie Cantemir, Series: Language Sciences, Literature and Teaching Methodology, no. 4, Bucharest, 2005, pp. 301–310.
Eugenio Coseriu, Estudios sobre Juan Luis Vives, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Linguistics, Year XXVII, no. 1–2, Ed. Universitaria, 2005, pp. 79–82.
Gabriel Miró – Las estampas de El libro de Sigüenza, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Romanian and Universal Literature, Year XXVI, no. 1–2, 2004, pp. 146–151.
Rafael Alberti – En la búsqueda del paraíso perdido, in the volume “330 de ani de la nașterea lui Dimitrie Cantemir, personalitate marcantă a culturii europene”, Ed. Dimitrie Cantemir, Bucharest, 2004, pp. 1191–1194.
Miguel de Unamuno – Poesía, diario sin fin de una agonía, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Year XXIV, no. 1–2, Ed. Universitaria, 2002, pp. 95–99.
Mircea Eliade, the novellas of his early period, “Caietele Mircea Eliade”, Ed. Universitaria, Craiova, 2002, pp. 157–153.
Gabriel Miró – Las estampas, técnica y estilo, Analele Universității din Craiova, Year XXI, no. 1–2, Ed. Universitaria, Craiova, 1999, pp. 162–168.
Dámaso Alonso, Hijos de la ira, model of existentialist poetry, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Romance Languages and Literatures, Year III, no. 1–2, 1999, p. 32.
Pavel Dan, vocation and destiny, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Romanian and universal literature, Year XX, no. 1–2, 1998, p. 80.
Issues of novel construction in Augustin Buzura, Analele Universității din Craiova, Year XVIII, no. 1–2, 1996.

Reviews in CNCSIS-accredited journals:

Am închinat o viață cărților (I dedicated a life to books), essay, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 10 (86), October 2010, p. 18.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, parallel loves, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 9 (85), September 2010, p. 21.
Juan Manuel de Prada, The seventh veil, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 8 (84), August 2010, p. 21.
A non-fiction novel, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 7 (83), July 2010, p. 20.
Juan Manuel de Prada, Colțurile văzduhului (The corners of the sky), Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 6 (82), June 2010.
Shakespeare in a new reading, Scrisul românesc, no. 5 (81), May 2010, p. 23.
Miguel Delibes, a great prose writer, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 4 (80), April 2010, p. 22.
Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Dirty Trilogy of Havana, Scrisul românesc, no. 3 (79), March 2010, p. 20.
The book of a Romanian Spaniard, Scrisul românesc, Year VIII, no. 2 (78), February 2010, p. 31.
A novel of exile, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 12 (76), December 2009, p. 22.
Francisco Ayala exit, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 11 (75), November 2009, p. 23.
Recoveries for the history of literature: Romanian writers in Spain, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 10 (74), October 2009, p. 28.
Pilar Nieva de la Paz, Spanish women prose writers of the political transition, Scrisul românesc, no. 9 (73), September 2009, p. 23.
Luis Raúl Calvo – short anthology of poetry, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 8 (72), August 2009, p. 22.
Romanian poetry in Buenos Aires, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 7 (71), July 2009, p. 16.
Mario Benedetti, exit, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 6 (70), June 2009, p. 22.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Painter of Battles, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 5 (69), May 2009, p. 24.
The Generation of 1927: annotated anthology, Scrisul românesc, Year VII, no. 4 (68), April 2009.
Roberto Bolaño, A Distant Star, Scrisul românesc, no. 3 (67), March 2009, p. 24.
Isaac Rosa Camacho, La malamemoria, Scrisul românesc, no. 1 (65), January 2009.
Anthology of Spanish modernist poetry, Scrisul românesc, no. 12 (64), December 2008, p. 19.
Gabriel Ferrater – women and days, Scrisul românesc, no. 9 (61), September 2008, p. 27.
Jaime Gil de Biedma in the mirror of memory, Scrisul românesc, no. 1 (53), January 2008, p. 20.
Mario Vargas Llosa: theatre, Scrisul românesc, no. 11–12 (51–52), November–December 2007, p. 19.
Tomás Eloy Martínez, The Queen's Flight, Scrisul românesc, no. 3–4 (43–44), March–April 2007, p. 22.
León Felipe: poet of the human condition, Scrisul românesc, no. 1–2 (41–42), January–February 2007, p. 26.
Manuel Machado and the modernism of the first wave, Scrisul românesc, no. 11–12, November–December 2006, p. 21.
Miguel Hernández: the tragic vocation, Scrisul românesc, no. 9–10 (37–38), September–October 2006, p. 21.
Juan Larrea and modernism as a vocation, Scrisul românesc, no. 7–8 (35–36), July–August 2006, p. 23.
Vicente Huidobro, Altazor or the parachute journey, Scrisul românesc, no. 5–6 (33–34), May–June 2006, p. 25.
Jorge Guillén – Cántico. The eternal song of joy, Scrisul românesc, no. 11–12 (27–28), November–December 2005, p. 25.
The novellas of Mihail Sebastian, Scrisul românesc, Year III, no. 9–10, 2005, p. 18.
Pedro Salinas – the poet of love, Scrisul românesc, no. 1–2 (29–30), January–February 2005, p. 23.
Federico García Lorca, love that will not be seen, Scrisul românesc, Year III, no. 7–8, 2005, p. 22.
“Wait for us, we will return!”, review of the film Trianon, by Károly Gábor, Scrisul românesc, Year III, no. 1–2, 2005, p. 27.
The clever hidalgo at… 400 years, Scrisul românesc, Year II, no. 11–12, 2004, p. 24.
Julio Cortázar, Rayuela – Șotron, review, Analele Universității din Craiova, Series: Philological Sciences, Romanian and Universal Literature, Year XX, no. 1–2, p. 401.
Al. Ciorănescu, Literatura comparată, Analele Universității din Craiova, Year XX, no. 1–2, 1998, p. 403.

Articles in local specialist journals:

Lumina din pod (Light from the attic), SpectActor, culture/information/attitude magazine, edited by the “Marin Sorescu” National Theatre in Craiova, no. 3–4 (12–13), July–December 2009, p. 8.
Martín López Vega, poems (presentation and translations), Mozaicul, Year XII, no. 3 (125), March 2009.
José Ignacio Foronda, Salariul funcționarului (The clerk’s salary), poems (presentation and translations), Mozaicul, new series, Year XI, no. 4 (114), 2008, p. 24.
Emil Mladin – theatre, SpectActor, culture/information/attitude magazine, edited by the “Marin Sorescu” National Theatre in Craiova, no. 1 (6), January–March 2008, p. 39.
Radu F. Alexandru – a story about my father, SpectActor, culture/information/attitude magazine, edited by the “Marin Sorescu” National Theatre in Craiova, no. 3 (4), September–October 2007, p. 31.
Mario Vargas Llosa: theatre, SpectActor, Theatre Culture and Information magazine, no. 1 (2), 2007, pp. 29–30.
Contemporary Spanish theatre, SpectActor, Theatre Culture and Information magazine, no. 1, 2006, p. 46.
José Carlos Llop, poems (presentation and translation), Mozaicul, Year IX, no. 7–8 (93–94), 2006, p. 32.
Esther Prieto, poems (presentation and translations), Mozaicul, Year IX, no. 4 (90), 2006, p. 16.
Traditional and modern values in Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes, Autograf, no. 1, 2005.
Soledades – Însingurări (Solitudes), translation and adaptation from Marco Lucchesi, Autograf, no. 3, 2005, p. 15.
Isabel Allende, Casa spiritelor (The House of the Spirits), Mozaicul, Year VIII, no. 1–2, 2005, p. 22.
Fruela Fernández, poems, Mozaicul, new series, Year VI, no. 11–12 (61–62), 2003, p. 24.
Miguel Ángel Velasco, poems, Mozaicul, new series, Year VI, no. 11–12 (61–62), 2003, p. 24.
Isabel Allende, Casa spiritelor (The House of the Spirits), Scrisul românesc, new series, Year I, no. 3, July–September 2003, p. 23.
Manuel Postigo, Caiet de exerciții (Exercise notebook), Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4177, 19–20 July 2003.
Bruno Mesa, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4153, 21–22 June 2003, p. 5.
Luis Alberto de Cuenca, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4141, 7–8 June 2003, p. 5.
Andrés Neuman, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4129, 24–25 May 2003, p. 5.
Jon Juaristi, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4129, 24–25 April 2003, p. 5.
Lorenzo Oliván, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4097, 12–13 April 2003.
Francisco Alba, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIV, no. 4037, 1–2 February 2003, p. 5.
Vicente García, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIII, no. 4006, 21–22 December 2002, p. 5.
Martín López Vega, poems, Cuvântul libertății, 16–17 November 2002, p. 5.
Aurora Luque, Atelierul de mătăsuri (Silk workshop), poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIII, 7–8 December 2002, p. 5.
Silvia Ugidos, poems, Cuvântul libertății, 9–10 November 2002, p. 5.
José Ignacio Foronda, Salariul funcționarului (The clerk’s salary), poems, Cuvântul libertății, 26–27 October 2002, p. 5.
María Rosa Vicente, presentation and translations, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIII, 5–6 October 2002.
José Carlos Llop, presentation and translations, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIII, 28–29 September 2002, p. 5.
Luis Muñoz, poems, Cuvântul libertății, Year XIII, 14–15 September 2002, p. 5.
José María Prieto, La memoria mítica, Paradigma, Year IX, no. 3–4, 2001, p. 22.
One century with Dámaso Alonso, Ramuri, no. 12, December 1998, p. 16.
The sociologist Lovinescu: Eugen Lovinescu, Istoria civilizației române moderne (The History of Modern Romanian Civilization), Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 328 (947), 19 July 1993, p. 9.
The blind hunter: Bogdan Suceavă, Sub semnul orionului (Under the sign of Orion), review, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 166 (790), 3 December 1992, p. 5.
Anton Holban, Radiografia eului creator (Radiography of the creative self), essay, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 125 (749), 6 October 1992, p. 9.
Lucian Blaga, Filozofia stilului (The Philosophy of Style), essay, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 120 (744), 29 September 1992, supplement “Fețele culturii”, p. 11.
Lucian Blaga, Filozofia stilului (The Philosophy of Style), essay, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 115 (739), 22 September 1992, supplement “Fețele culturii”, p. 11.
A provocative book: Ion Negoițescu, Istoria literaturii române (History of Romanian Literature), Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 102 (726), 3 September 1992, p. 5.
The disintegration of a world: Carol Ardeleanu, Casa cu fete (The House with Girls), review, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 80 (704), 4 August 1992, supplement “Fețele culturii”, p. 11.
Struggle with the absurd: Søren Kierkegaard, Jurnalul seducătorului (The Seducer’s Diary), Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 77 (701), 30 July 1992, p. 11.
The literature of resistance, essay, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 77 (701), 30 July 1992, supplement “Fețele culturii”, p. 11.
Skewed positions: Paul Everac, Reacționarul (The Reactionary), review, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 72 (696), 23 July 1992, p. 11.
Literature in exile: Petru Dumitriu, Ne întâlnim la judecata de apoi (We’ll Meet at the Last Judgment), review, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 70 (694), 21 July 1992, supplement “Fețele culturii”, p. 11.
The mentor of a generation: Mircea Vulcănescu, Nae Ionescu, aşa cum l-am cunoscut (Nae Ionescu as I Knew Him), review, Azi, LXI, series IV, no. 56 (680), 1992, p. 4.
The eternal feminine: Eugen Lovinescu, Viața dublă (The Double Life), review, Azi, III, no. 51 (625), 24 June 1992, p. 4.
Nostalgia for paradise: Nichifor Crainic, Zile albe, zile negre (White Days, Black Days), review, Azi, II, 5 December 1991, p. 2.
A poet’s novel: Ion Vinea, Paradisul suspinelor (The Paradise of Sighs), review, Azi, II, no. 379, 20 August 1991, p. 2.
Profession of faith: Nae Ionescu, Curs de metafizică (Course in Metaphysics), review, Azi, II, no. 363, 27 July 1991, p. 2.
V. Alecsandri: In memoriam – 100 years since his death, commemoration, Azi, II, no. 358, 20 July 1991, p. 2.
The voluptuousness of suffering: Emil Cioran, Lacrimi și sfinți (Tears and Saints), review, Azi, II, no. 342, 5 July 1991, p. 4.
A fantastic novel: Mircea Eliade, Nouăsprezece trandafiri (Nineteen Roses), review, Azi, II, no. 338, 22 June 1991, p. 2.

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