EO Chirovici

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Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici (2008)

Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici (born May 11, 1964 in Făgăraş ) is a Romanian economist , writer and journalist .

life and work

Eugene Chirovici comes from a Romanian-Hungarian-German family from Transylvania . After completing his school education, he studied economics at the Bucharest Business Academy and the University of Glasgow and then worked as a journalist for well-known radio and television stations, including the BBC , Radio Free Europe and Televiziunea Română . Until 2000 he was editor-in-chief of the business newspaper Curierul Național , from 2000 to 2002 head of the Romanian private broadcaster B1 TV . He then worked from 2002 to 2009 as an advisor on economic issues for the Romanian government, including for the former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Năstase , and also advised the Board of Directors of the Romanian National Bank . In 2002 he was awarded the Steaua României by President Ion Iliescu . In 2012 Eugen Chirovici moved to England with his family .

In addition to non-fiction books and numerous specialist articles, for which he has received several journalism awards, he has been writing short stories and novels since the 1990s. His debut novel Masacrul , which he published in 1991, was a great success in Romania and sold more than 100,000 copies. His international breakthrough came after he moved to England with his first English-language novel The Book of Mirrors , which was sold in 38 countries and was published by Goldmann in 2017 under the German title Das Buch der Spiegel .

Since 2012 Eugen Chirovici has devoted himself exclusively to his writing. He has lived in Brussels with his wife since 2015 .

Works

Novels

  • Masacrul . Calypso, Bucharest 1991.
  • Command pentru general . Calypso, Bucharest 1991.
  • A Doua Moarte . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2006.
  • Suflete la pret redus . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2007.
  • La Broasca Leşinată . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2007.
  • Labyrinth.com . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2009.
  • Hoodoo creek . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2010.
  • Powder neagră . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2010.
  • Voodoo . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2010.
  • Cine a ucis-o pe Nora Jones? . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2012.
  • O amintire de la Paris . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2012.
  • Sanitarium. Locul în care nimic nu este ce pare a fi . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2012.
  • The Book of Mirrors . Century 2017, ISBN 978-1-780-89567-3 .
  • Bad blood . Profile Books 2018, ISBN 978-1-788-16063-6 .
    • The Echo of Truth (German translation by Silvia Morawetz and Werner Schmitz), Goldmann, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-442-31450-8 .

Non-fiction

  • Romania, zece ani dupa . Efficient Publishing House, Bucharest 1999.
  • Natiunea Virtuala (Eseu despre globalizare) . Polirom Publishing House, Iași 2001.
  • Misterele istoriei . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2005.
  • Noua Economie: A, B, C pentru viitorii milionari . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2008.
  • Puterea . Rao Publishing House, Bucharest 2009.
  • Gods, Weapons and Money: The Puzzle of Power . Nortia Press, 2014.
  • Rumors That Changed the World: A History of Violence and Discrimination . Rowman and Littlefield, 2014.
  • The Second Death . eLectio Publishing, 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BIO. In: Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici's website. Retrieved May 24, 2012, March 5, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Eugene Ovidiu Chirovici, scriitorul care a dat lovitura cu romanul “Cartea oglinzilor”: Sună telefonul iar Facebook fierbe. Nu ma sunat nici un scriitor român să mă felicite |. Retrieved March 5, 2019 (Romanian).
  3. ↑ The Guardian îl elogiază pe Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici. Retrieved March 6, 2019 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ About me. In: Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici's website. Retrieved May 24, 2012, March 7, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ BIO. In: Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici's website. May 24, 2012, Retrieved March 6, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ About me. In: Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici's website. Retrieved May 24, 2012, March 7, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Chirovici, EO
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chirovici, Eugen Ovidiu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian economist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fagaras