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Mircea Eliade (March 9 1907, Bucharest - April 22 1986, Chicago) was a Romanian philosopher of religion and writer (fantasy and autobiographical). He spoke 8 languages fluently (Romanian, French, German, Italian, English, Hebrew, Persian and Sanskrit).
In 1928, at the University of Bucharest, he met Emile Cioran and Eug�ne Ionesco, and the three became lifelong friends. He has been criticized for alleged connections in his youth with Garda de Fier (The Iron Gard), an extreme-right-wing political organization. However, it is not at all clear that the personal associations of his youth had any great influence on his scholarly production, which began after a long period of study in India.
Scientific Books
- Yoga: Essai sur les origines de la mystique indienne, (1936)
- Cosmologie si alchemie babiloniana, (1937)
- Commentarii la legenda mesterului Manole, (1943)
- Techniques du yoga, (1948)
- Traité d'histoire des religions, (1949)
- Le Mythe de l'eternel retour: archétypes et répetition, (1949)
- Le Chamanisme, (1951)
- From Primitives To Zen (full text)
Literary Books
- Maitreyi, (1933)
- �ntoarcea din rai, (1934)
- Huliganii, (1935)
- Domnisoara Christina, (1936)
- Nunta �n cer, (1938)
- Pe strada Mantuleasa, (1968)
- La tiganci, (1969)
See also: Literature of Romania, List of fantasy authors, Philosophy of religion