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Dr. ANCA PEIU,

UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

CURRICULUM VITAE 2011

ANCA GEORGETA PEIU

Born in Bucharest, Romania, April 18, 1960

EDUCATION

1999, Ph D in Philology, Comparative Literature, University of Bucharest, Romania

1986, Licence (MA) in English, University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Foreign Languages

Literatures, English & German

1979, Baccalaureat, Scoala Centrala, CentralHigh School, Bucharest, Romania

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2002-2011, Associate Professor of American Literature (19th & 20th centuries) at the University

of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dept. of English

1995-2002, Lecturer (i.e. non-tenured Associate Professor)of American Literature (19th & 20th

centuries), of American Civilization (18th & 19th centuries), the English Language - at

the same Dept.

1991-1995, Assistant Professor of American Literature (19th & 20th centuries), American

Civilization (18th & 19th centuries), British Literature (20th century), the English

Language, at the same Dept.

1990-1991, Teacher of English and German at the Pedagogical High School, Bucharest,

Romania

1986-1989, Translator at a Foreign Trade Company (“Electroexportimport”, Bucharest,

Romania) – a non-teaching appointment

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2008-2009, August-May, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, senior

Fulbright research grant

1994, November-December, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, IREX research grant

1993, October-December, University of Warwick, England, UK, a research grant from the

British Council

1991, October-November, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Institute for Applied

Language Studies, a Soros research grant

MEMBERSHIP

ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)

RAAS (Romanian Association for American Studies)

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. BOOKS PUBLISHED

1. TRECUTUL TIMPULUI PERFECT: DE LA THOMAS MANN LA WILLIAM FAULKNER(THE PAST OF A TIME PERFECT: FROM THOMAS MANN TO WILLIAM FAULKNER),Editura Universitatii Bucuresti (University of Bucharest Publishing House), 2001, ISBN 973-575-504-1, 220 pages; the text of my doctoral dissertation on comparative narratology.

2. “AFTER THE FINAL NO”: THE WORLD OF WALLACE STEVENS, Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti (University of Bucharest Publishing House), 2001, ISBN 973-575-610-2, 168 pages

  1. ACADEMIC ESSAYS

Preface: “Yoknapatawpha:hartă pentru iscoade şi (nu) pentru intruşi” (Yoknapatawpha: a Map for Scouts and (not) for Intruders) to the vol. ISCOADĂ ÎN ŢĂRÎNĂ (INTRUDER IN THE DUST;1948 ) by William Faulkner, translated into Romanian by Anca Peiu; Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2011; ISBN 978 606 609007 0; pp. 5-17.

“Nothing like the South: Aurora Greenway – A Belle in Exile” in the vol. Ovid, Myth and (Literary) Exile – The Proceedings of the Ovid, Myth and (Literary) ExileConference, Constanţa, September 10-12, 2009, Edited by Adina Ciugureanu, Ludmila Martanovschi and Nicoleta Stanca, Ovidius University Press, Constanţa, 2010, ISBN 978-973-614-559-9; pp. 213-222.

“Memory Believes before Knowing Remembers”: Evanescence and/or Endurance in William Faulkner, in The University of Bucharest Review, A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, Durability and Transience: Cultural Borders of Temporality, Vol. XI, No. 2/2009, Department of English, University of Bucharest, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti, 2010, ISSN 1454-9328, pp. 65-70.

Preface: “Proză de sertar”(Fiction left unpublished) to the vol.POVESTIRI INEDITE (STORIES LEFT UNPUBLISHED) by William Faulkner, translated into Romanian by Anca Peiu;Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2009; ISBN 978-973-54-0095-8; pp. 9-24.

Chronology and notes to the vol. POVESTIRI INEDITE (STORIES LEFT UNPUBLISHED) by William Faulkner, translated into Romanian by Anca Peiu; Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2009; ISBN 978-973-54-0095-8; pp. 25-40.

“(Re)Writings of Failure in William Faulkner’s FLAGS IN THE DUST (1973) and THE MANSION (1959)”, in vol. CONSTRUCTIONS OF IDENTITY (IV), Vol. II, “Babeş-BolyaiUniversity, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Language and Literature, Napoca Star Publishing House, 2008, ISBN 978-973-647-617-4, pp. 183-195.

Preface: “Yoknapatawpha: trei viziuni”(Yoknapatawpha: Three Visions), to the vol. NUVELEREGASITE (REDISCOVERED STORIES) – the former half of the vol. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S UNCOLLECTED STORIES, edited by Joseph Blotner, translated into Romanian by Anca Peiu), Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2008, biblioteca William Faulkner (the Romanian collection William Faulkner Library), ISBN 978-973-103-292-4, pp. 9-25.

Chronology and notes to the vol. NUVELE REGĂSITE (REDISCOVERED STORIES – the former half of the vol. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S UNCOLLECTED STORIES , edited by Joseph Blotner), Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2008, ISBN 978-973-103-292-4, pp. 26-40.

Preface: “Steaguri în ţărână: înfrânţi şi înfrângere în ultima carte a lui William

Faulkner” (Flags in the Dust: The Defeated and the Defeat in William Faulkner’s Last Book), to the vol. STEAGURI ÎN ŢĂRÂNĂ (FLAGS IN THE DUST, translated into Romanian) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2006, Biblioteca William Faulkner (the Romanian collection William Faulkner Library), ISBN (13) 978-973-103-007-4, pp. 5-22.

Chronology and notes to the vol. CĂTUNUL (THE HAMLET) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, ISBN 973-576-622-1, pp. 27-41.

Preface: “Yoknapatawpha: Lumea de la zero” (Yoknapatawpha: the World from Zero), chronology and notes to the vol. CĂTUNUL (THE HAMLET) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, Biblioteca William Faulkner (the Romanian collection William Faulkner Library), ISBN 973-576-622-1, pp. 5-26.

Chronology and notes to the vol. ORAŞUL (THE TOWN) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, ISBN 973-576-647-7, pp. 21-35.

Preface: “William Faulkner citadin” (William Faulkner of the City), chronology and notes to the vol. ORAŞUL (THE TOWN) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, Biblioteca William Faulkner (the Romanian collection William Faulkner Library), ISBN 973-576-647-7, pp. 5-20.

Chronology and notes to the vol. CASA CU COLOANE (THE MANSION) by William Faulkner, Bucuresti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, ISBN 973-573-646-9, pp. 21-35.

Preface: “Ostinato: Casa întunecată a lui William Faulkner” (Ostinato: The Dark House of William Faulkner), to the vol. CASA CU COLOANE (THE MANSION) by William Faulkner, Bucureşti, RAO International Publishing Company, 2005, Biblioteca William Faulkner (the Romanian collection William Faulkner Library), ISBN 973-573-646-9, pp. 5-20.

“Addie – The Return of the Letter A: The Cryptic Message of (Resumed) Beginnings”, in University of Bucharest Review, A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol. VI. No. 4, 2004, The Secret and the Known, Published by the Dept. of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Univ. of Bucharest, Romania, ISSN 1454-9328, pp. 35-44.

“Julian Barnes: Some Parenthetical Remarks”, in the Analele Universităţii din Bucureşti (The Annals of the University of Bucharest), No. LIII / 2004, Bucureşti, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti (University of Bucharest Publishing House), 2004, ISSN 1220-0263, pp. 89-92.

“Ştefan Baciu, un poet roman în America” in Revista Romano-Americană (The Romanian-American Digest), edited by the “Amicii Statelor Unite” Association (“Friends of the United States” Association), Issue No.VII-VIII, Dec. 2003, Bucharest, ISSN 1454-4660, pp. 117-122.

“American Poetry: Wallace Stevens” in Caiete internaţionale de poezie (International Notebooks of Poetry), Poems in Translation: East and West, Essays on Poets and Poetry, LiterArt-XXI, Editor: Gabriel Stanescu, No. 4/2003, ISSN 1528-1957, pp. 260-264.

“T.S.Eliot în romaneşte” (“T.S.Eliot intoRomanian”) in Revista Romano-Americană (The Romanian-American Digest), edited by the “Amicii Statelor Unite” Association (“Friends of the United States” Association”), Editor: Acad. Mihnea Gheorghiu, Issue No. VI, Dec. 2002, ISSN 1454-4660, pp. 80-84.

“Ezra Pound – The Rebel Teacher” in Revista Romano-Americană (The Romanian-American Digest), edited by the “Amicii Statelor Unite” Association (“Friends of the United States” Association), Editors: Acad. Mihnea Gheorghiu (President) et al., Issue No. V, July 2002, ISSN 1454-4660, pp. 19-27.

“Is She Fact orIs She Fiction? (She from a Late 20TH Century Perspective)”, in Univ. of Bucharest Review, A Journal of Literary & Cultural Studies, “Narrating Culture”, Vol. III, No. 12, 2001, ISSN 1454-9328, pp. 79-92.

“Timpul şi timpurile în <Două sau trei idei> de Wallace Stevens” (“Times and Trends in <Two or Three Ideas> by Wallace Stevens”) in the anthological volume Timpul,Timpurile, Lingua Pax (Times, Trends Lingua Pax), Vol. II, ed. by Prof. Dr. Doina Derer et al., Cavallioti Press, 2001, ISBN 973-9463-38-X, pp. 51-57.

“Modernismul la timpultrecut: între clasic (Thomas Mann) şi romantic (William Faulkner)”, i.e. “Modernism in the Past Tense: between Classic (Thomas Mann) and Romantic (William Faulkner)”, in the anthological volume Tmpul, Timpurile Lingua Pax, (Times, Trends Lingua Pax), Vol. II, ed. by Prof. Dr. Doina Derer et al., Cavallioti Press, 2001), ISBN 973-9463-38-X, pp. 57-64.

“Sites of Translation in Wallace Stevens’s Poetry” in the anthological volume Transatlantic Connections: Essays on Cultural Relocation, ed. by Prof. Dr. Rodica Mihăilă et al., Integral Press. Bucharest, 2000, ISBN 973-8209-00-5, pp. 79-92.

“Metaphorical Values in Paul Ricoeur and Wallace Stevens” in Analele Universităţii din Bucuresti, i.e. The Annals of the University of Bucharest, No. XLIX, 2000, ISSN 1220-0263, pp. 59-78.

“<Words for Music Perhaps>: Wallace Stevens” in University of Bucharest Review, A Journalof Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol. II, Spaces of Representation, No. 8/2000, ISSN 1454-9328, pp. 47-53.

“(Time)Telling on a Map” – an essay on postmodern narrative techniques, as represented by Michael Ondaatje in his novel The English Patient, and modern narrative techniques, as represented in William Faulkner’s fiction – in University of Bucharest Review, A Journalof Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol. I, Cultural Transgressions, No. 4/1999, ISSN 1454-9328, pp. 84-90.

“Henry James and < the Meaningful Look>” in Analele Universităţii din Bucureşti, i.e. The Annals of the University of Bucharest, No. XLII-XLIII/1993-1994, ISSN 1220-O263, pp. 79-82.

“Herzog: Unbest-seller pentru Premiul Nobel”, i.e. “Herzog:A Best-Seller for the Nobel Prize”, in Viaţa romanească, i.e. Romanian Life Literary Digest, No. 12, Dec., 1993, ISSN 1220-6377, pp. 123-125.

“De tradus în engleză: Sambată, duminică,luni”, i.e. “Translate into English: Saturday, Sunday, Monday”, in Viaţa romanească, i.e. Romanian Life Literary Digest, No. 7-8, July-August, 1995, ISSN 1220-6377, pp. 157-159.

“Contururi ghicite”, i.e. “Imagined Outlines”, an Essay on Contemporary Romanian Poetry, in Viaţa romanească, i.e. The Romanian Life ( A Literary Magazine), No. 6-7, June-July, 1993, ISSN 1220-6377, pp. 151-154.

C. LITERARY TRANSLATIONS

WILLIAM FAULKNER, NUVELE RE REGĂSITE, (REDISCOVERED STORIES - the former half of the vol. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S UNCOLLECTED STORIES, edited by Joseph Blotner, Random House, 1979), Biblioteca William Faulkner (The “William Faulkner Library” Series – a critical edition), Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2008, ISBN 978-973-103-292-4. 572 pages. First published: March 21st 2008.

WILLIAM FAULKNER, POVESTIRI INEDITE, (STORIES LEFT UNPUBLISHED - the latter half of the vol. WILLIAM FAULKNER’S UNCOLLECTED STORIES, edited by Joseph Blotner, Random House, 1979), Biblioteca William Faulkner (The “William Faulkner Library” Series – a critical edition), Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2009, ISBN 978-973-54-0095-8. 576 pages.First published: March 1st 2010.

WILLIAM FAULKNER, ISCOADĂ ÎN ŢĂRÎNĂ, (INTRUDER IN THE DUST, Random House, 1948), Biblioteca William Faulkner (The “William Faulkner Library” Series – a critical edition), Bucharest, RAO International Publishing Company, 2010, ISBN 978 606 609 007 0; 256 pages. First published: June 1st 2011.

  1. NON-FICTIONAL TRANSLATIONS

Translation of memoirs, as a member of a group of professors from the Department of English, translators of Emil Constantinescu’s book of memoirs: Time for Tearing Down, Time forBuilding, Bucureşti, Universalia Publishing House, 2005, ISBN 973-7722-06-2.

E. INTERVIEWS

“Andrei Codrescu intervievat de Anca Peiu, New Orleans, aprilie 2009” (“Andrei Codrescu interviewed by Anca Peiu, New Orleans, April 2009”) in vol. Cultura romanească în perspectivă transatlantică. Interviuri (The Romanian Culture in Transatlantic Perspective. Interviews), Editors: Maria Sabina Draga Alexandru & Teodora Şerban Oprescu, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti, 2010, pp. 31-39. ISBN 978-973-737-761-6.

A SHORT BIO

Dr Anca Peiu is an Associate Professor of the Department of English, as well as of the Center of American Cultural Studies, of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, Romania. She teaches American Literature of the 19th century and has specialized in Faulkner Studies. Anca Peiu has recently translated William Faulkner’s Uncollected Stories into Romanian, in two volumes, for RAO International Publishing Company. Dr. Peiu has recently completed anextensive research of Representations of the South in William Faulkner’s Uncollected Stories at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA – where she benefitedfrom a senior Fulbright scholarship.

Anca Peiu has also recently accomplished an updated translation into Romanian of Intruder in the Dust – William Faulkner’s 1948 extremely intricate detective novel,raising contemporary dilemmas upon the ancient inter-racial tension, set in the troubled American Old South. Her new Romanian version of Faulkner’s book – written just before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature – is published by the same RAO International Publishing Company, like her above mentioned two volumes of literary translations. All these volumes are preceded by sound introductory studies, supported by plenty of referenceto recent documentation, signed also by Anca Peiu. They belong to a special critical edition series, issued by RAO, known as the “William Faulkner Library” series – entirely provided with notes and chronology by Anca Peiu.

Dr. Peiu has guided numerous graduation papers to generations of students ever since January 1991, when her academic career started at the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Member of Doctoral Commissions and Professional Contest Committees

  1. Branduşa Prepeliţă-Răileanu, (Prof. Dr. Lidia Vianu), David Lodge-Malcolm Bradbury
  2. Cristina Deutsch, (Prof. Dr. Dan Grigorescu), Mitul evreului
  3. Octavian More, (Prof. Dr. Virgil Stanciu), Wallace Stevens, Cluj, March 12th, 2010.

Member of contest commissions for academic positions

Adriana Bulz, Bucharest Military Academy (Prof. Dr. Amelia Molea, Head of Dept.), May, 2008.

Roxana Dude, The Romanian-American University, Bucharest, March 2008.

Alexandra Marginean, The Romanian-American University, Bucharest, Feb. 2007.

Roxana Dude, The Romanian-American University, Bucharest, April, 2005.