The maharajah replied that he would fund Eliade's studies for five years to allow a serious study of the language. Interested in Indian philosophy and wanting to learn Sanskrit, Eliade wrote to a wealthy Indian maharajah and requested six months of funding so that he might study with the scholar Surendranath Dasgupta. Active in religion and politics, Ionescu maintained a strong influence over Eliade until his death in 1940. As a student at the University of Bucharest, Eliade contributed to the newspaper Cuvântul and was mentored by its editor, Professor Nae Ionescu. After the war, Captain Gheorge Eliade retired, and Mircea was raised in genteel poverty.Īn eager learner from childhood, Eliade read voraciously despite his myopia and published scores of short stories and commentaries by the time he was eighteen years old. During most of World War I, Gheorge served on the front line while the adolescent Mircea lived in German-occupied Bucharest. Gheorge had changed the family name from Ieremia to Eliade in order to honor the noted Romanian writer Ion Eliade Radulescu. Mircea Eliade (13 March 1907-22 April 1986), author and historian of religions, was born in Bucharest Romania to Gheorge Eliade, an army officer, and Ioana Stoenescu Vasile. Papers,, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note This collection, the preferred citation is: Mircea Eliade. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
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Access to audio-visual material in Series VIII may be restricted due to condition or lack of listening or viewing equipment. Series XI contains student evaluative material that is restricted for eighty years from the date of creation. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, publications, audio and video recordings, and personal materials and artifacts. Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), Romanian historian of religions and author, and professor in the University of Chicago Divinity School and Committee on Social Thought, 1957-1986. Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
© 2008 University of Chicago Library Descriptive Summary Title: University of Chicago Library Guide to the Mircea Eliade Papers 1926-1998 Subseries 2: Writings dedicated to Eliade.Sub-subseries 4: Essays about Eliade's writings.Sub-subseries 3: Reviews and articles about Eliade's work.Subseries 5: Fire Damaged (unidentifiable).Sub-subseries 4: Requests for Contributions.Sub-subseries 3: Encyclopedia of Religion.Subseries 1: Romanian, major correspondents.Subseries 4: Bibliographies and Book Lists.Sub-subseries 4: Academic and Other Writings.Series I: Writings, Notes and Interviews.Guide to the Mircea Eliade Papers 1926-1998 Search this Finding Aid
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