Andrei Bantaș (November 30, 1930 in

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– January 17, 1997 in

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) was a

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n lexicographer, translator and teacher. He was professor of

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and literature at the

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, Romania. Together with Leon Levițchi he is one of the best known authors of English/Romanian dictionaries. The ''Andrei Bantaș Translation Prize'' is named after him.

Books (selection)

*Bantaș, Andrei & Rădulescu, Mihai, ''Capcanele limbii engleze – False Friends'', București, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, 1979 *co-author (with Elena Croitoru) of ''Didactica traducerii'' ("The Didactics of Translation").

Translations (selection)

* Ioan Flora, ''Cincizeci de romane si alte utopii / Fifty Novels and Other Utopias'', trans. Andrei Bantaș and Richard Collins (Bucharest: Editura Eminescu, 1996). *

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

– ''Viaṭa Mântuitorului nostru Iisus Hristos'' ("The Life of Our Lord") *

W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German un ...

– ''Vălul pictat'' ("The Painted Veil") *

Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler (, ; ; ; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years. In 1931, Koestler j ...

- ''Al treisprezecelea trib: Khazarii'' ("The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage") * Samuel Butler- ''Ṣi tu vei fi ṭărână'' ("The Way of All Flesh") *

- ''Plăcerile vieṭii'' ("Of Human Bondage") *

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation ...

- ''Omul care murise'' ("The Man Who Died") *

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...

- ''Toate povestirile''

Awards

Romanian Writers' Union 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 ...

Prize (1978)

References

*Aurel Sasu, ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (A-L)'', Paralela 45, 2006 *Ioana Ieronim, Secolul 20, nr. 1-2, 1975 *V. Stanciu, in ''Cahiers roumains d'études littéraires'', nr. 3, 1977 *Maria-Ana Tupan, in ''România literară'', nr. 49, 1990 *Irina Petraș, in ''Contemporanul'', nr. 25, 2001 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bantas, Andrei 1930 births 1997 deaths Academic staff of the University of Bucharest 20th-century Romanian translators

Books (selection)

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Awards

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