Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (; born April 16, 1951) is a Romanian

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and

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. He is also a film script author and director, an art photographer, teacher, musicologist and composer.

Childhood

He was born and grew up in

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, Romania.

Study

1970-1974 he studied music (violin, piano and composition) at

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. He was granted the ''Doctor of Music'', (Aesthetics) from this university in 2005. His dissertation was on ''The Venetian baroque music of

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

.'' He is a teacher of

Aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

at the Fine Arts and Music High School of Ploieşti (Romania).

Artistic and literary activity

During the 1980s he participated in literary circles of

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, which included the Junimea literary circle, led by the critic Ovidiu S. Crohmălniceanu, the Mondays literary circle headed by professor

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, the "

Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale (; commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale; According to his birth certificate, published and discussed by Constantin Popescu-Cadem in ''Manuscriptum'', Vol. VIII, Nr. 2, 1977, pp. 179-184 – 9 June 1912) was a Romanian playw ...

" and other groups in Ploieşti,

Câmpina Câmpina () is a city in Prahova County, Romania, north of the county seat Ploiești, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical region of Mu ...

Mizil Mizil () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. Located in the southeastern part of the county, it lies along the road between the cities of Ploiești and Buzău, and to the northeast of the national capital, Bucharest. Its position led i ...

Pucioasa Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat. The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...

and

Slănic Slănic () is one of the 12 towns of Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, historically and currently known as a salt extraction center, as well as a spa town, with salt lakes. Two villages, Groșani and Prăjani, are administered by the town. E ...

. Many of his colleagues and he fought against the Communist censorship. He has been published in the magazines "Argeș" (1968), "SLAST" (1986), and "Tribuna" (1987). A volume of short stories (1986 Publishing House "Cartea Romaneasca") the censors removed its narrations. He participated as an ''Art photographer'' from 1982–1986 in a number of international competitions in Romania, France, Brazil and Poland, where he won several awards. His essays, articles and translations have been published in the magazine "Fotografia". He is the creator of

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, shown in the galleries for photo art AAF (1983 Bucharest),

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(1983 Bucharest) and 1986 in Poland. ''The first national salon for photographic essays'', ESEF in Ploieşti was presented by him in 1986.

Affiliation

He is a member of the

Writers' Union of Romania The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...

(1993), Association of the Art Photographers in Romania - AAF (1982), founder and chairman of the Literary Society Ploieşti - SPLP (1990), initial member (1994) and member executive committee (1996) of the Association of Professional Romanian Writers - ASPRO.

Books

*''The Ambassador.'' Cartea Românească, 1991. . Novel. *''Rock & Depeche. The movie of a novel.'' Ploiești: LiberArt, 1993. . Novel. *''Isabella's Winter Dream'' (1996). Proža Româňa Contemporaňa. . Short stories. *''The Island.'' RAO, 1996. Short narrations of the 1980s. *''The Caligraphically Treatise.'' Ploiești: Noel Computer, 2001. Essays. The following books are in preparation: *''The Sublime'' (aesthetic studies 1994) *''Alchimie and music'' (2005) *''The venetian musical baroque'' (2005) *''

'' (2005)

Movies

*''The Last Snowman'' (1968) *''When the Adults Play it'' (1969) *''The House on the Hill'' (1969) *''The City'' (1970) *''The Fish in the Water'' (1971) *''The Wedding'' (1973)

Broadcast and television

*Romanian Broadcast (1997) *SOTI Television Bucharest (1993) *Romanian Television - TVR (1973–1974) *Antena 1 TV Ploieşti (1999–2000) a.s.o.

Literary awards

For his novel, ''The Ambassador''(1991): * Romanian Academy's Award * Romanian Writers Union's Award * Liviu Rebreanu Award

References

Bibliography

* Ion Bogdan Lefter, „Romanian Writers of the '80s and '90s, A Concise Dictionary” (Editura Paralele 45, 1999, pag.65); * Academia Română, „Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române” (Editura Univers Enciclopedic, București 2004, lit. C/D, pag. 297); * Eugen Simion, „Fragmente Critice” (Editura Fundația Scrisul Românesc, 1998, pp. 50–55);

External links

Author's website (in Romanian, with an English version)
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