- Andrew Calimach
Andrew Calimach (1953— ) is a
Romanian-American author. He is a matrilineal descendant of theCallimachi noble family ofMoldavia and is known for his writings on the subject of same-sex relations in Greek mythologyWorks
Calimach researched and compiled the homoerotic domain of
Greek mythology - the myths of male love - censored from the beginning of the Christian era up until the end of the 1900s. He published his research in 2002 under the title of "". The work has been widely reviewed. [Book review list from Haiduk Press website [http://www.haidukpress.com/reviews.html] ]Three years later he collaborated with
Israel i directorAgnes Lev ,Timothy Carter andSteve Gorn in the production of a dramatized version of the myths, released as a CD with the title of "Lovers' Legends Unbound ", a work intended by Calimach to complete the process of bringing these major yet little-known myths back to life.Biography
Born in Romania, Calimach moved to the United States of America with his parents in 1966, as a result of their disillusion with the intellectual, ethical and economic results of
communism , which they had initially supported out of idealism. He was a friend and co-religionist ofAllen Ginsberg Fact|date=May 2008, both students ofChögyam Trungpa , the Tibetan Buddhist teacher. He has also studied and practiced Mazatec shamanism. His spiritual practices have informed his approach to Greek mythology and helped him recognize the spiritual elements in the stories. [Calimach 2008, p.148]An
independent scholar andpolyglot who writes on gender studies and other social issues, Calimach runs workshops on the gay Greek myths. He divides his time between New York andBucharest , and continues his studies and writing. [Author bio at Haiduk Press website [http://www.haidukpress.com/bio.html] ]Bibliography
*"Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths." New Rochelle, Haiduk Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0971468603
*"Lovers' Legends Unbound." New Rochelle, Haiduk Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0971468610
*"The Exquisite Corpse of Ganymede: A Cursory Overview of an Ancient Gender Studies Discourse" in "THYMOS: Journal of Boyhood Studies," Vol. 1 No. 2, 117-137. (Fall 2007)
*"Legendele iubirii. Miturile necenzurate ale Greciei." Bucharest, Paralela 45. 2008. ISBN 978-9736976421References
* [http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/LLGGM/LLGGM.html "Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths" at the Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology]
*ro icon [http://www.cotidianul.ro/index.php?id=17713&art=42820&cHash=fbfbbe3f1d Iubiri greco-romane] ("Greco-Roman love"), an article about Andrew Calimach's "Lovers' Legends" in "Cotidianul "Notes
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