Mircea Eliade(1907-1986)
- Writer
Romanian philosopher Mircea Eliade was born in 1907 in Bucharest. He
was a precocious child and published works for the first time at the
age of 13. He studied in Cernavoda, Bucharest, finished Philosophy
courses at the University of Bucharest at the age of 21, and went to
Calcutta, India, to study Sanskrit and Yoga. After three years, he
returned to Romania, published some novels and stories, and taught the
history of religions. In 1940, he was sent as a cultural attaché to
London, UK, and then to Lisbon, Portugal. After WW II, he remained in
exile in Paris, moving in 1956 to Chicago where he chaired the History
of Religions school at the University of Chicago. Starting in 1979, he
published his masterpiece "A History of Religious Ideas" for which he
was awarded by France with the Legion of Honour. He died in Chicago in
1986.
