Nicolae Manolescu, literary critic. Member Romanian Writers Union.
Background
Manolescu, Nicolae was born on November 27, 1939 in Rimnicu Vilcea. Son of Apolzan Petru and Apolzan (Sabina) M. D.Philology, Bucharest University, 1962. Professor Romanian literature College Philology, Bucharest University, since 1962.
Contributor numerous works of criticism to literature publications Recipient Writers Union prize.
Career
As an editor of România Literară literary magazine, he has reached a record in reviewing books for almost 30 years. During the civil unrest of the 1960s, because of critical opinions voiced against Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej and the Romanian Communist regime, he was expelled from the University of Bucharest, where he was studying philology. Manolescu has published over 40 volumes on Romanian literature, the most acclaimed being A Critical History of Romanian Literature (vol1) and a history of Romanian novels, entitled Arca lui Noe.
His distinction between "doric", "ionic", and "corinthic" novels originated in the traditional orders of the columns of Ancient Greek temples, and covers the distinction between realistic, psychological first person narratives and contemporary, postmodern novels.
He has also been the host of the popular Profesiunea mea, cultura ("My Profession Is Culture"), a talk show on cultural matters, aired by Pro television between 1998 and 2001. Today, he is a professor at the University of Bucharest, from which he has received a Doctor of Philosophy in Letters.
He is the President of the Romanian Writers" Union, and was designated the Romanian ambassador to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2006.
Politics
After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he was a founding member of the Civic Alliance in November 1990, and, after July 1991, began a political career as leader of the minor Civic Alliance Party (Public Affairs Committee), a group that had split from the Alliance to pursue a more political activism, being its candidate for presidency in the 1992 elections. Manolescu subsequently represented the party in the Senate.
Membership
Writers" Union of Romania]
Elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1997, he was upgraded to titular member in 2013. In 1998, the Public Affairs Committee merged with the National Liberal Party (PNL), and he was a member of the PNL National Council until 2000, when he resigned his position and retreated from political life.