Christian Tamas

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CHRISTIAN TAMAS, Romanian writer, philosopher and Orientalist
CHRISTIAN TAMAS, Romanian writer, philosopher and Orientalist

Christian Tamas (b. November 13, 1964, Letca, Sălaj) is a Romanian writer, translator, Orientalist, Middle Eastern studies' researcher, and philosopher. He has a B.A. degree in Arabic language and literature (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures), a M.A. degree in Lifelong Learning Management (“Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences), and a "Magna cum laude" Ph. D. degree in philosophy (“Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, Faculty of Philosophy). He translates from eight foreign languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Irish. He is listed in the following Romanian, American, British and Irish biographical dictionaries and reference works: Ioana Feodorov, Presence of the Arab World in Romania. A Bibliography (1964-1994); Nicolae Busuioc, Scriitori ieşeni contemporani. Dicţionar biobibliografic; Nicolae Busuioc, Scriitori şi publicişti ieşeni contemporani, ed. a II-a, revizuită şi adăugită; TRASNA. Online bibliography of Irish literature in translation. Bibliographical information on translators; Dictionary of International Biography; Outstanding People of the 20th Century; 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century; 1000 Leaders of World Influence; International Authors and Writers Who’s Who; Great Minds of the 21st Century; Who’s Who in the 21st Century; Outstanding People of the 21st Century; 2000 Outstanding Europeans of the 21st Century; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century; The Contemporary Who’s Who 2002-2003; 2000 Outstanding People; On-line Encyclopedia of the Romanian Philosophy. He is a member of the Writers Union of Romania[1], of the Maison Naaman pour la Culture (MNAC)[2], Lebanon, of the Central European Association for Canadian Studies (CEACS/AECEC), of the International Society of Arabic Translators (SITA), France, of the Romanian Association of Religious Studies (ARSR), and a founding member of the Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies (AROSS/ROASS).

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[edit] Works

[edit] Fiction

  • Cavalerul negru (The Black Knight) - novel, Ars Longa, 1992
  • Blestemul catharilor (The Curse of the Cathars) - novel, Graphix, 1993
  • Labirint (Labyrinth) - novel, Ars Longa, 1995
  • Liniştea albă (The White Silence) - novella, Ars Longa, 2007

[edit] Studies

  • Trezirea la nemurire (Awakening to Immmortality), Ars Longa, 1997
  • Crize contemporane: disoluţia sacrului (Contemporary crisis: The Dissolution of the Sacred), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Crize contemporane: ofensiva islamului (Contemporary crisis: the Offensive of the Islam), Ars Longa, 2004
  • Strategii de comunicare în Coran (Communication strategies in the Qur'ān), Ars Longa, 2007
  • The Qur’ān: the miracle of sign, the miracle of silence, in "Semiotics beyond Limits. Proceedings of the First ROASS Conference", Alma Mater, 2007
  • Paradigmi antropologici: la mentalità romena tra homo occidentalis e homo orientalis in "La cultura rumena tra l’Occidente e l’Oriente: gli umanesimi greco-bizantino, latino e slavo, Fondazione Cassamarca, 2005
  • Dimensiunea contemporanǎ a sacrului (The contemporary dimension of the Sacred) in "The Sacred Horizon", Polirom, 1998
  • L’uomo interiore – itinerario mistico, in "Acta Iassyensia Comparationis", n. 1, “Al I. Cuza” University Press, 2003

[edit] Translations in Romanian

[edit] from Arabic

  • ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Small Dreams (Ahlam saghira), Graphix, 1992 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Mikha’il Nu‘aima, The Diamond Wedding (Al-yubil al-almasi), Convorbiri literare, 1988
  • Naguib Mahfouz, The Hunger (Al-jau‘), Moldova, 1990

[edit] from English

  • M. P. Gallagher, Ajutǎ necredinţei mele (Help My Unbelief), Ars Longa, 1996 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Aine Ní Ghlinn, Lacrimi nevǎrsate (Unshed Tears), 1999, Ars Longa, 1999
  • Seán O’Tuama, Moarte în ţara tinereţii (Death in the Land of Youth), Ars Longa, 1999
  • Glen Wright & Juraj Nemec (eds.), Finanţe publice (Public Finance), Ars Longa, 2000
  • Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Pǎpuṣa spartǎ (The Broken Doll), Ars Longa, 2001
  • Máirtín Ó Direáin, Copiii lui Cain (The Children of Cain), Ars Longa, 2001
  • Benjamin A. Kranc & K. Roman, Totul despre Canada (Living and Working in Canada), Ars Longa, 2002
  • Peter Fallon, Ṣtiri din lume (News of the World), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Vona Groarke, Zbor (Flight), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Pearse Hutchinson, Poeme alese (Collected Poems), Ars Longa, 2003
  • John B. Keane, Un taur în august (The best of John B. Keane), Ars Longa, 2004
  • Daniel Callam, Mere Christianity and the puritan paradigm of inner conversion, in "Inklings. The letter and the Spirit" (R. Albu, ed.), „Al. I. Cuza“ University Press, 2004

[edit] from French

  • Pierre Louys, Psyché (Psyché), Mediapress, 1994
  • Jean-F. Thomas, Edith Stein, Simone Weil. Nefericire şi suferinţǎ (Edith Stein et Simone Weil. Malheur et souffrance), Ars Longa, 1996 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Pierre Dumoulin, Apocalipsa (L'Apocalypse), Ars Longa, 2003

[edit] from Irish

  • Gabriel Rosenstock, Poeme alese (Rogha Rosenstock), Ars Longa, 1998
  • Cathal O’Searcaigh, Drumul spre casǎ (An bealach na bhaile), Ars Longa, 1998
  • Seosamh O’Guairim, Inima pietrei (Croí na chloiche), Ars Longa, 1998
  • Colm Breathnach, Omul fǎrǎ viaţǎ (An Fear Marbh), Ars Longa, 1999
  • Micheál Ó Conghaile, Poveştile nevestelor bǎtrîne (Comhrá caillí), Ars Longa, 2001
  • Michael Davitt, Partida de squash (Scuais) Ars Longa, 2002
  • Gearoid Mac Lochlainn, Ṣuvoi de limbi (Sruth Teangacha), Ars Longa, 2002
  • Liam Ó Muirthile, Walking Time (Walking Time agus dánta eile), Ars Longa, 2002
  • Biddy Jenkinson, Cele mai frumoase poeme (Rogha Dánta), Ars Longa, 2002
  • M. Ó Conghaile, Rǎtǎcirile lui Jack Sheáin Johnny (Seachrán Jeaic Sheáin Johnny), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Celia de Fréine, Despre verze şi regine (Faoi Chabáistí is Ríonacha), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Louis de Paor, Insula celor morţi (Rogha Dánta), Ars Longa, 2003
  • Gabriel Rosenstock, J. Minihan, Şoapte uitate (Cogair Dhearúdta), Ars Longa, 2004
  • Jackie Mac Donncha, Supǎrarea mǎrii (Gaineamh Séidte), Ars Longa, 2004
  • Micheál Ua Ciarmhaic, Rîul nǎvalnic (Chuireas mo líonta), Ars Longa, 2004

[edit] from Italian

  • Tadeusz Rostworowski, Din gîndirea filosoficǎ a Papei Ioan Paul al II-lea (Dal pensiero filosofico di Giovanni Paolo II), Ars Longa, 1994
  • Marko I. Rupnik, În focul rugului aprins (Nel fuoco del rovetto ardente), Ars Longa, 1997 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Michelina Tenace, Anticristul (L'Anticristo), Ars Longa, 1997 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Tomas Spidlik, Calea spiritului (Il cammino dello spirito), Ars Longa, 1996
  • Mark I. Miravalle, Maria. Comîntuitoare, mijlocitoare, avocatǎ (Maria. Corredentrice, mediatrice, avvocata), Ars Longa, 2000
  • Gaetano Mollo, Dincolo de angoasǎ. Educaţia etico-religioasǎ la Soeren Kierkegaard (Al di là dell'angoscia. L'educazione etico-religiosa di Soeren Kierkegaard), Ars Longa, 2000

[edit] from Portuguese

  • Victoriano Baquero, Afectivitatea integratǎ eliberatoare (Afetividade integrada libertadora), Ars Longa, 1997 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)

[edit] from Spanish

  • Sfînta Tereza din Ávila (St. Teresa of Avila), Cartea vieṭii mele (Vida), Institutul European, 1994
  • Sfînta Tereza din Ávila (St. Teresa of Avila), Castelul interior (El castillo interior), Ars Longa, 1995, 2007 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Sfînta Tereza din Ávila (St. Teresa of Avila), Drumul perfecţiunii (Camino de perfección), Ars Longa, 1995 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Sfînta Tereza din Ávila (St. Teresa of Avila), Întemeierile (Las fundaciónes), Ars Longa, 1998
  • Sfîntul Ignaţiu de Loyola (St. Ignatius of Loyola) Ignacio de Loyola, Exerciţii spirituale (Ejercicios espirituales), Polirom, 1996 (quoted in the "Index Translationum" - UNESCO)
  • Francisco Fernández Carvajal, De vorbǎ cu Dumnezeu (Hablar con Dios), vol. I-VI, Ars Longa, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

[edit] from Catalan

  • Carles Miralles, Oraşul cu platani (La ciutat dels plàtans), Ars Longa, 2007


[edit] Literary Awards

  • Naji Naaman's Literary Prize, Lebanon, 2007