Dumitru Găleșanu (

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Tia Mare Tia Mare is a commune in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. It has 4496 inhabitants, nearly all of whom are Romanians and Romanian Orthodox. The commune is composed of three villages: Doanca, Potlogeni and Tia Mare. Natives * Dumitru Găleșanu * N ...

commune,

Olt County Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...

) is a Romanian

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and

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, a

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ist,

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and book

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, known for his contributions to

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, and for his

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activity in the Romanian justice system. He served as

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for more than 24 years within the Romanian

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Biography

Secondary education. Pre-judicial career

After

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from the

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and

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, he passed the

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taken in order to continue his

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at ''Grupul Școlar de Chimie'' in

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, later became ''Liceul Tehnologic Costin D. Nenițescu.'' After the three-year

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, in the

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of 1973 he was enrolled as a

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at ''Liceul de Matematică-Fizică "Vasile Roaită"'' in

Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea (formerly ''Râmnic'', ) is a city in Romania. Located in the south-central part of the country, in the historical province of Oltenia, it is the seat of Vâlcea County and its main urban settlement. According to the 2021 Romanian ...

, later transformed into ''Colegiul Național "Mircea cel Bătrân" (Râmnicu Vâlcea)''. Between 1975 and 1976, he interrupted

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to perform compulsory

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at a

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within the

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. Resuming his studies, he graduated from this

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and obtained his baccalaureate

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in 1979. Between 1973 and 1978, he worked at ''Centrala Industrială de Produse Anorganice in Râmnicu Vâlcea'', currently Oltchim SA, and then at ''Întreprinderea Județeană de Gospodărie Comunală și Locativă Vâlcea '', until November 1, 1989, after wich he entered into the

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Undergraduate and postgraduate education. Judicial career

Between 1981 and 1986, he attended the Faculty of Law of the

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( , , commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Established in 1581 as Academia Claudiopolitana, it underwent several reorganizations over the centuries, eventually taking ...

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. After obtaining his

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s, the

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, he held various positions, including the

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. Between 2003 and 2004, at the same

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, he participated in a

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in Civil law and

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. Between 2004 and 2006, he continued with a

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in law ( M.L./LL.M), at the

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu The Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu'') is a public university in Sibiu, Romania. It is named after the philosopher, poet, and playwright, Lucian Blaga. It was founded in 19 ...

, "Simion Bărnuțiu" Faculty of Law, and upon completion of these studies he obtained the

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s. Starting with the year 1989, he followed his

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in the Romanian judicial system, holding the position of

, initially at the Mixed Section of the Râmnicu Vâlcea Court (''judecătorie''), in the

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s for

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and civil law, until November 1, 1997, and then at the

Vâlcea County Vâlcea County (also spelt ''Vîlcea''; ) is a county (județ) that lies in south-central Romania. Located in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (which are separated by the Olt (river), Olt River), it i ...

Tribunal, where he continued to practice as a judge at Civil Section I, until September 3, 2014, the date on which he ceased his judicial activity by

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. During the same period, he was affiliated as a

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of the

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''Asociația Magistraților din România (A.M.R.) - Filiala Vâlcea''. In the

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field, he has

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studies and specialized

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, some of which are included in the

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''1st International Congress on Foundational Research in Law and Philosophy of Law: Bucharest, 28-29 May 2005'', as well as in ''Revista critică de drept și de filosofia dreptului'' ("Critical Magazine of Law and the Philosophy of Law"), Vol.2, No.1-2/2005.

Publicistic

In addition to

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related to his

and field of activity, Dumitru Găleșanu contributed with

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, literary chronicles,

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, and digital paintings from his own creation,

in various

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, and literary magazines, including: ''Armonii Culturale'' (

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); ''Noua Provincia Corvina'' (

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; ; ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș (''Grós''), Hășdat (''Hosdát ...

); ''Banchetul'' (

Petroșani Petroșani (; Hungarian: ''Petrozsény''; German: ''Petroschen'') is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 31,044 as of 2021. The city has been associated with mining since the 19th century. History "Pietros" m ...

); ''Lumina Lumii'' (

); ''Oltart'' ( Slatina); ''Il Convivio'', ''Cultura e Prospettive'' (

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); ''New York Magazin'', ''Gracious Light/Lumină Lină'' (

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); ''Destine Literare'' (

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Literary-artistic and cultural affiliations

Complementary to his

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, and

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activities, Dumitru Găleșanu has been associated and

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over time, as a

, with various socio-

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, including: ''Societatea Literară "

Anton Pann Anton Pann (; born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu , and also mentioned as ''Anton Pantoleon'' or ''Petrovici''; 1790s—2 November 1854) was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his acti ...

"'' in Ramnicu Valcea, ''Associazione Culturale "Euterpe" APS'' in Jesi, and ''Accademia Internazionale "Il Convivio"'' in Castiglione di Sicilia.

Literary and philosophical work. Literary debut. Philosophical Poetics

Associated with

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, as well as with the

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in the 1980s, called the ''"The 1980s generation"'' ''(optzecism)'' or ''"The generation in blues jeans"'' (in

: ''Generația optzeci/optzecistă, generația în blugi''), Dumitru Găleșanu started his

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in this field back when he was a

and continued during his university studies, managing to create a variety of

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, including

and

, which were

after the

Romanian Revolution of 1989 The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily within the Eastern Bloc. The Romanian revoluti ...

Awards and distinctions

* ''International Competition Prize "Poetry, Prose and Figurative Arts" and Theater Prize "Angelo Musco"'' (2016) * ''National Poetry Prize Competitio''n (2018) * ''National Literary Competition'' (2019)

Published books

* ''Emoții în multivers/Emotions into multiverse (2010)'' * ''Pe corzile luminii/Sulle stringhe di luce (2011)'' * ''Însemnele materiei/Insegne della materia'' (2013) * ''Addéndum (2014)'' * Ante*metafizica:antologie lirică (2015) * ''Fugă spre roșu/Fuggire verso il rosso'' * ''Tratat pentru nemurire'' (2016) * ''Axiomele infinității/Assiomi dell’infinità'' (2017) * ''Ante*metafizica: antologie lirică'' (2018) * ''Poetică metafizică/Poetica metafisica'' (2019) * ''Luminile omului: lirica filosofică''(2020) * ''The Lights of Man: the philosophical lyric poetry'' (2021) * ''Le luci dellʼuomo: lirica filosofica (2020)'' * Luminile omului: lirica filosofică * ''In aeternum poetic@'' (2022) * ''Mirabile iubiri. Antologie de gânduri și amintiri/Mirabili amori. Antologia di pensieri e ricordi'' (2023)

References

External links

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