Christian Tamas

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" [http://uniuneascriitorilor.ro] , of the "Maison Naaman pour la Culture" (MNAC) [http://naamanculture.com] , 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).

Works

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

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

Translations in Romanian

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

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

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

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
*Micheál Ó Conghaile, "Cei cinci din Conamara" (Cúigear Chonamara), Ars Longa, 2008
*Bríd Ní Mhóráin, "Seminṭe de intuiţie" (Síolta an iomais), Ars Longa, 2008

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
*Marco Bandini, "Epistole cǎtre Sfîntul Scaun" (Lettere alla santa Sede), Ars Longa, 2008

from Portuguese

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

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

from Catalan

*Carles Miralles, "Oraşul cu platani" (La ciutat dels plàtans), Ars Longa, 2007
*Carles Miralles, "Dulci şi aspre" (D'aspra dolcesa), Ars Longa, 2008

Literary Awards

*"Naji Naaman's Literary Prize", Lebanon, 2007