Vasile Ernu (born 1971) is a Soviet-born Romanian writer. Born in

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, Ernu studied philosophy at the

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

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, graduating in 1996, after which he earned a master's degree in philosophy at the

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( ro, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai , hu, Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. UBB has a long academic tradition, started by Universitas ...

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in 1997."Sint un om de stinga - un nou volum semnat de Vasile Ernu"
''Hotnews'', November 4, 2013 Ernu's debut book is ''Născut în URSS'' ("Born in the USSR"), a self-biographic work in which he recounts his experiences in the Soviet Union, in a mix of

melancholia Melancholia or melancholy (from el, µέλαινα χολή ',Burton, Bk. I, p. 147 meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly dep ...

and

irony Irony (), in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected; it is an important rhetorical device and literary technique. Irony can be categorized into ...

. The book earned him the debut prize 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 ...

and the one of the ''

România Literară ''România Literară'' is a cultural and literary magazine from Romania. In its original edition, it was founded on 1 January 1855 by Vasile Alecsandri and published in Iași until 3 December 1855, when it was suppressed. The new series appeared on ...

'' magazine and it was translated in several languages, including: Russian, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish and Georgian."Volumul Nascut in URSS de Vasile Ernu a fost publicat in limba georgiana"
''Hotnews'', August 16, 2011

Works

* ''Născut în URSS'' (Born in the USSR),

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, 2006 * ''Ultimii eretici ai Imperiului'' (The last heretics of the Empire),

, 2009 * ''Intelighenția rusă azi'' (Russian intelligentsia today), Editura Cartier, 2012 * ''Sunt un om de stânga'' (I am a left-winger), Editura Cartier, 2013 * ''Sectanții. Mică trilogie a marginalilor'' (Cultists. A small trilogy of the marginalized), Polirom, 2015 * ''Intelighenția basarabeană azi. Interviuri, discuții, polemici despre Basarabia de ieri și de azi'' (Bessarabian intelligentsia today. Interviews, discussions, debates on today's and yesterday's Bessarabia), Editura Cartier, 2016

References

External links

Vasile Ernu's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ernu, Vasile Romanian writers Romanian editors Romanian activists 1971 births Living people Writers from Odesa Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni Romanian essayists