Maria-Ana Tupan

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Maria-Ana Tupan
essays, History of British literature, Literary theory
LanguageRomanian, English
NationalityRomanian
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
Period1990 – present

Maria-Ana Tupan (born Apil 19, 1949) is a Romanian university professor,

scientific societies. Tupan is also a PhD Supervisor at the Doctoral School of 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia.[1]

Life and work

She was born in

fall of communism, under the supervision of Leon Levițchi and Alexandru Duțu [ro]. She was promoted from professor‘s assistant to full professor at the University of Bucharest (1991–2002). In 2014 she completed her training in literary studies and became affiliated with the Doctoral School of Alba Iulia University, supervising PhD students and pursuing her career of academic writing.[2] In 1994–1995 she was affiliated with Pennsylvania State University as visiting professor under the Fulbright Scholars Program.[3][4] She has publications in the fields of literary history and theory, comparative literature, genre theory, and cultural studies. She presented papers at conferences in Athens, University Park (Penn State University), Madrid, Manchester, Salzburg, Vienna, Dresden, Graz, Rome, Cologne, and Dortmund.[5]

Literary activity

Her 17 books and a number of articles published in Europe, India, United States, and Australia are based on theoretical underpinnings falling within the fields of epistemology of literature, philosophy of culture, literary history and theory.[6][7]

Selected works

Affiliations

  • member of the Writers' Union of Romania, the Section of Criticism and Literary History (from 1996)
  • member of the "Gesellschaft fur Fantastikforschung" (The Association for Research in the Fantastic)[8]
  • member of EFACIS (The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies)
  • member of ISTW (International Societry for Travel Writing)
  • member of The Charles Brockden Brown Society[9]

Literary prizes

  • Romanian Writers' Union Award for Translation and World Literature, 1996.[10]
  • Convorbiri Literare Magazine Award for Anglistics, 2000.[11]
  • National Award for Excellence in Theory, History and Literary Criticism awarded by Contemporanul magazine, 2019.[12]

References