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Eugen Munteanu (born August 18, 1953 in
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n linguist. He specializes in Biblical philology, historical lexicology and the
philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...
. He has also edited into Romanian authors such as
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Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...
, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, Eugenio Coseriu, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacob Grimm and Ernst Renan. He has held lecturing, research or guest professorship positions at the
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(Paris IV) (1997-1999),
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(1999-2001), the
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(2006-2008, & 2009-2010), and director of the "A. Phillipide" Romanian Philology Institute of the
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(2009-2013). Eugen Munteanu is currently Professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, as well as coordinating director of the Biblical-Philological Research Center "Monumenta linguae Dacoromanorum" in Iași,
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. He is known as one of Eugenio Coseriu's academic disciples, one of the most activ translators and interpreters of Coseriu in Romania, and has featured favorably in some of the linguist's commentaries.
Eugenio Coșeriu Eugenio Coșeriu ( ro, Eugen Coșeriu, ; July 27, 1921 – September 7, 2002) was a linguist who specialized in Romance languages at the University of Tübingen, author of over 50 books, honorary member of the Romanian Academy. In 1970 he coined ...
in “Contrafort”, nr. 10-11 (108-109), October–November 2003, p. 4


Selected works

* ''Sfîntul Augustin, De dialectica/Despre dialectică. Ediție bilingvă, traducere, introducere, note, comentarii și bibliografie'' ("Saint Augustine. De Dialectica. Bilingual Edition, Translation, Introduction, Notes and Commentaries."), Humanitas, 1991 (). * ''Sfîntul Augustin, De Magistro/Despre Învățător. Ediție bilingvă, traducere, introducere, comentarii, note și bibliografie'' ("Saint Augustine. De Magistro. Bilingual Edition, Translation, Introduction, Notes and Commentaries."), Institutul European, 1995. (.) * ''Studii de lexicologie biblică'' ("Studies in Biblical Lexicology"), Iași University Press, 1995 (). * ''Aeterna Latinitas. Mică enciclopedie a gîndirii europene în expresie latină'' ("Aeterna Latinitas. Small Encyclopedia of European Thought In Latin"), Polirom Press, 1997 (with Lucia Gabriela Munteanu) (). * ''
Carmina Burana ''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent ...
. Ediție bilingvă comentată'' ("
Carmina Burana ''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent ...
. Bilingual Edition and Commentaries"), Polirom Press, Iași, 1998 (with Lucia Gabriela Munteanu) (). * ''Thomas de Aquino, De ente et essentia / Despre fiind și esență. Ediție bilingvă, traducere, introducere, note și comentarii'' ("Thomas de Aquino, De ente et essentia / Of Being and Essence. Bilingual Edition, Bilingual Edition, Translation, Introduction, Notes and Commentaries"), Polirom, 1998 (). * ''Jean Jacques Rousseau, Eseu despre originea limbajului. Traducere, introducere, note și comentarii'' ("Jean Jacques Rousseau. On the Origin of Language. Translation, Introduction, Notes and Commentaries"), Polirom, 1999 (). * ''Emanuel Swedenborg, Despre înțelepciunea iubirii conjugale. Versiune românească și postfață'', Polirom, 1999 (). * ''Sfîntul Augustin, Confessiones / Confesiuni. Ediție bilingvă, traducere din limba latină, introducere și note'', Nemira, 2003 (). * ''Jacob Grimm / Ernest Renan, Două tratate despre originea limbajului. Versiuni în limba română, cuvânt înainte, introduceri și bibliografie'', Iași University Press, 2001 (). * ''Rivarol, Discurs despre universalitatea limbii franceze, urmat de Maxime, reflecții, anecdote, cuvinte de duh. Antologie, traducere, introducere și bibliografie'', Institutul European, 2003 (). * ''Leviticul. Traducere din limba greacă, introducere, note și comentarii de Eugen Munteanu'', in Cristian Bădiliță et alii (coord.), Septuaginta I, (Geneza, Exodul, Leviticul, Numerii, Deuteronomul), Colegiul Noua Europă / Polirom, 2004 (). * ''Introducere în lingvistică'', Polirom, 2005 (). * ''Odele. Traducere din limba greacă, introducere, note și comentarii'', in Cristian Bădiliță et alii (coord.), Septuaginta IV/I (Psalmii, Odele, Proverbele, Ecleziastul, Cântarea cântărilor), Polirom, 2006 (). * ''Cartea înțelepciunii lui Iisus Sirah. Traducere din limba greacă, introducere, note și comentarii'', in Cristian Bădiliță et alii (coord.), Septuaginta, IV/II (Iov, Înțelepciunea lui Solomon, Înțelepciunea lui Iisus Sirah, Psalmii lui Solomon), Polirom, 2007 (). * ''Wilhelm von Humboldt, Diversitatea structurală a limbilor și influența ei asupra umanității. Versiune românească, introducere, notă asupra traducerii, tabel cronologic, bibliografie și indice'', Humanitas, 2008 (). * ''Lexicologie biblică românească'', Humanitas, 2008 (). * ''Eugeniu Coșeriu, Istoria filosofiei limbajului. De la începuturi până la Rousseau. Ediție nouă, augmentată de Jörn Albrecht, cu o remarcă preliminară de Jürgen Trabant, versiune românească și indice de Eugen Munteanu și Mădălina Ungureanu, cu o prefață la ediția românească de Eugen Munteanu'', Humanitas, 2011 (). * ''Eugeniu Coșeriu, Lingvistica textului. O introducere în hermeneutica textului. Versiune românească și indici de Eugen Munteanu și Ana Maria Prisacaru, cu o postfață de Eugen Munteanu'', Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iași, 2013, 264 p, . * ''Eugen Munteanu (coord.), Ana-Maria Gînsac, Ana-Maria Minuț, Lucia Gabriela Munteanu, Mădălina Ungureanu, Vechiul Testament – Septuaginta. Versiunea lui Nicolae Spătarul Milescu (Ms. 45 de la Biblioteca Filialei din Cluj a Academiei Române). Ediție de text, prefață, notă asupra ediției, introducere, bibliografie, indice de cuvinte și forme, indice de nume proprii, rezumate în limbile engleză, franceză, germană și rusă'', Editura Universității Alexandru Ioann Cuza, Iași, 2016, CCCLXXXIII + 1298 p., . * ''Viorel Barbu/ Eugen Munteanu, 5 convorbiri despre știință, cultură, creație'', Editura Junimea, Iași, 2017, 280 p., . * ''Paul Miron – in memoriam 90. Volum întocmit de Eugen Munteanu'', Editura Junimea, Iași, 2017, 470 p., .


Book awards


Monographs

* The
Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its byl ...
's “Timotei Cipariu” Prize, 1995/1997, awarded for ''Studii de lexicologie biblică'' ("Studies in Biblical Lexicology"), Iași University Press, 1995. * “Book of the Year” Award, National Book Symposium, Chișinău, 1997, for ''Aeterna latinitas. Mică enciclopedie a gândirii europene în expresie latină'' ("Aeterna Latinitas. Small Encyclopedia of European Thought In Latin"), Polirom Press, 1997 (with Lucia Gabriela Munteanu). * The Ministry of Culture's "Best Translation" Prize, awarded at the National Book Symposium, Cluj, 1998, for ''Carmina Burana. Ediție bilingvă comentată'' ("Carmina Burana. Bilingual Edition and Commentaries"), Polirom Press, Iași, 1998 (with Lucia Gabriela Munteanu).


Collective works

* The Romanian Academy's “Timotei Cipariu” Prize, 1989, awarded for ''H. Tiktin, Rumänisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, 2. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage'', hrsg. von Paul Miron, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 3 vol., 1985–1987. * The Romanian Academy's “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu” Prize, 1991, for ''Biblia 1688, Pars. I, Genesis'', Iași 1988, Pars II Exodus, incl. in "Monumenta linguae Dacoromanorum", Iași 1991. * “Book of the Year”, 2004, awarded by “România Literară”, for ''Septuaginta'', vol. I, Polirom, Iași, 2004 (Bădiliță, C., Ed.). * “Best Foreign Book Editing” Prize, awarded by the Romanian Editors Association, for ''Septuaginta'', vol. I, Polirom, Iași, 2004 (Bădiliță, C., Ed.).


References

* ''The General Dictionary of Romanian Literature'', 'Eugen Munteanu', Romanian Academy, Univers Enciclopedic Press, București, 2005. * ''Augustin, “De dialectica” - Three Reviews'', Lucia Wald, Alexandru Boboc, Daniel Barbu, “Universul cărții”, 1991. * ''A pure bred philologist'', Bogdan Crețu, in “Ziarul financiar”, June 20, 2008, p. 3. * Eugen Munteanu, Academic Profile, availabl
as official digital version
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.


External links


Many of Eugen Munteanu's books have been made freely available for personal use.

Eugen Munteanu's Official Blog.


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