Ioan Mihai Cochinescu

Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born April 16, 1951 in Timișoara ) is a Romanian writer , essayist, screenwriter, film director, art photographer and professor doctor of aesthetics.

Education

He graduated from the Conservatory in Bucharest in 1974 with a degree in music (violin, piano and composition) . His professors included George Bălan , Dan Constantinescu , Myriam Marbe , Victor Giuleanu , Emilia Comisel , DD Botez , Marin Constantin , Grigore Constantinescu , Dan Buciu , Alexandru Leahu . In 2005 he obtained a doctorate in music (aesthetics) at the same university. His doctoral thesis is entitled “The musical Venetian Baroque in the work of Antonio Vivaldi ”.

He is currently Professor Doctor of Aesthetics at the Kunstlyzeum Ploieşti / Romania .

Artistic and literary career

Self-portrait, 1981

In the 1980s he took part in well-known Bucharest literary circles such as B. "Junimea" , directed by the critic Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu , "The literary Monday circle " under the direction of Professor Nicolae Manolescu , "IL Caragiale" in Ploieşti but also in some almost anonymous literary circles in Câmpina , Mizil , Pucioasa or Slănic , where he and many of his colleagues fought against communist censorship and non-publication of works or articles in literary magazines.

He has sporadic publications, short stories in the magazines "Argeș" (1968), "SLAST" (1986), and "Tribuna" (1987). From a joint volume with short prose stories (1986 publishing house "Cartea Românească") his stories were removed by the censorship.

As an art photographer, he took part in various international competitions in Romania as well as in France, Brazil and Poland from 1982 to 1986, where he was awarded major prizes. He publishes essays, articles and translations in the journal “Fotografia”. Ioan Mihai Cochinescu is the inventor of the plan and spatial photos that were exhibited in the galleries for photo art AAF (1983 Bucharest), Sala Dalles (1983 Bucharest) and 1986 in Poland . In 1987 he initiated in Ploiesti first National Salon for photographic essays, ESEF .

Affiliation

Ioan Mihai Cochinescu is a member of the "Romanian Writers' Association" (1993), member of the "Association of Art Photographers in Romania" (1982), founder and chairman of the "Ploieşti Literary Society", SPLP (1990), founding member (1994) and member of the board (1996) of the “Association of Professional Writers in Romania”, ASPRO.

Literary and scientific activity

So far none of his works has been translated into German.

• 1991 novel "The Ambassador" (Cartea Românească publishing house, ISBN 973-23-0252-6 )
• 1993 "Rock and Depeche, the film of a novel" (LiberArt publishing house, Ploieşti)
• 1996 “Isabell's Winter Dream ” ( ISBN 973-576-077-0 ) and “Die Insel” (RAO publisher), short stories from the 1980s
• 2001 "Treatise on Calligraphy", essays (Noel Computers Verlag, Ploieşti)

The following books are in preparation:

• "Sublimul" (aesthetic studies 1994)
• "Alchemy and Music" (2005)
• "The Venetian Musical Baroque" (2005)
• "The Monograph Antonio Vivaldi" (2005)

Creativity in the field of cinematography

• "The Last Snowman" (1968)
• "When Adults Play" (1969)
• "The House on the Hill" (1969)
• "The City" (1970)
• "The Fish in the Water" (1971)
• "The Wedding" (1973)

Collaboration in literary magazines, radio and television

• Literary magazines: "Contrapunct", "România literară", "Literatorul", "Caiete critice" etc.
• SOTI TV Bucharest , Romanian TV , Romanian Radio , Antena 1 etc.

Literary prizes

• Romanian Writers' Association Prize (1992)
• Prize for prose "Liviu Rebreanu" (1992)
• Romanian Academy Prize (August 31, 1993)

Critical judgments

The following literary critics have written about him and his works: Gabriela Adameşteanu , Magdalena Bedrosian , Nicolae Breban , Zoe Dumitrescu-Buşulenga , Calin Căliman , Mircea Cărtărescu , Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu , Constantin Hârlav , Florin Iaru , Ion Bogdan Lefter , Alexandru Leahu , Monica Lovinescu , Florin Manolescu , Dan C. Mihăilescu , Simona Popescu , Tania Radu , Iosif Sava , Eugen Simion , Octavian Soviany , Alex. Mihai Stoenescu , Ion Stratan , Cristian Teodorescu , Laurențiu Ulici , Maria Urbanovici , Ioan Vieru . See also the bibliographical note from the critic and literary historian Constantin Hârlav for the “Dicționarul general al literaturii române” ( “General Dictionary of Romanian Literature” ) published by the Romanian Academy .

Web links

Commons : Ioan Mihai Cochinescu  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website