Mircea Tomuș (9 January 1934 – 28 March 2022) was a Romanian writer and

literary historian The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pie ...

Life

Tomuș was born in Mociu,

Cluj County Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...

, as the son of the priest Axente Tomuș and the teacher Ana Tomuș (born Coțofană). After graduating from the Classical High School in Cluj, in 1951, he attended the courses of the Faculty of

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

at the University of Cluj-Napoca (1951–1955). Between 1955 and 1970, he worked as an editor for "Steaua", the magazine that prepared / started the anti-proletarian battle, won by the "great lyrical explosion" of 1964–1965, and also the "resurrection of 1965–1970". He was then editor-in-chief of Dacia Publishing House (in Cluj-Napoca), between 1970 and 1972 (until May), and of the magazine "Transilvania" (in Sibiu), twice, between 1972 and 1990. between 2000 and 2002. In 1993 and 1994, he was secretary of state in the

Romanian Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture of Romania () is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. The current position holder is Natalia-Elena Intotero from the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD). The Romanian National I ...

, and from 1995 to 1997, deputy director of the Village Museum in Bucharest, director of the Mogoșoaia Cultural Center, director of the magazine "Cultura Națională" and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Rostirea românească". From 1997 until his death, he was a professor at the Faculty of Letters and Arts of the "

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanians, Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is considered one of the greatest philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the twenti ...

" University of Sibiu. A decade passed between his debut in the magazine "Steaua" in 1955 and his editorial debut, with a monograph dedicated to one of the eminent personalities of the Wallachian Anti-Habsburg Enlightenment School in

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Gheorghe Șincai Gheorghe Șincai (; – November 2, 1816) was a Romanian historian, philologist, translator, poet, and representative of the Enlightenment-influenced Transylvanian School. As the director of Greek Catholic education in Transylvania he broug ...

Death

Tomuș died at the age of 88, in Sibiu, Romania.

Awards

* '' Romanian Academy Award '' (1965). * '' Cluj-Napoca Writers Association Award '' (1970). * '' Romanian Writers' Union Award '' (1973).

References

External links

Mărturie emoționantă: Prof.univ.dr. Mircea Tomuș, președinte al FSN și apoi al CPUN la Sibiu, despre zilele Revoluției și primele luni de libertate
23 aprilie 2014, Ramona Găină, ''Adevărul'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomuş, Mircea 1934 births 2022 deaths Romanian male writers Romanian literary historians 20th-century Romanian writers 21st-century Romanian writers 20th-century Romanian historians 21st-century Romanian historians Writers from Cluj-Napoca