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François Bréda

1956 – 2018

Hungarian academic

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Lived 1956 – 2018 (aged 62). François Bréda was a Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and playwright.

François Bréda (; 20 February 1956 – 16 May 2018) was a Hungarian-Romanian essayist, Cercetare în Cer. Philosophical essay. Editura Școala Ardeleană Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2017.

Volumes in French La critique littéraire et dramatique de Gabriel Marcel (Literary and Drama Critical Work of Gabriel Marcel). Essay, Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2004. Déclin et Déclic. Philosophical essay. Remus Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2004. Genivs loci. Philosophical essay. Editura Școala Ardeleană Publishin House, Cluj-Napoca, 2017.

Essays in Literary Critic and History of Ideas Ave Csehy ! In : Helikon, 28 (25 June 2007). See Zoltán Csehy Vanda ... Van ! Az Örök Őrök (Vanda... Exists! The Guards of Eternity). In: Korunk, August 2006. Esti mese (Bedtime Story). György Méhes. In : Helikon, 2002/ 7, 2–3. Egy világrendszer keletkezéséről. Adalékok Galilei Dialogójához. (On the Becoming of a World System. To Galilei's Dialogo). In: Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, the Ptolemaic and a Copernican. Preface written and notes compiled by Ferenc Bréda. Kriterion, Téka-series, Bucharest, 1983. Az öntudat alkonya. (Dawn of Consciousness) In : A létezéstől a lehetőségig (From Being to Possibility). Kriterion, Bucharest, 1980. Gabriel Marcel et ses contemporains. François Mauriac et Gabriel Marcel. In : Confluențe și particularități europene. Coordonator : Valentin Trifescu. Editura Eikon, Cluj, 2010, pp. 183–209. Cercetare în Cer. Concepția muzicală a Cerului creștin în gândirea Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur. In : Austrian Influences and Regional Identities in Transilvania, AB-ART, Bratislava; Grenzenlose Literatur, Frauenkirchen, 2012, pp. 248–254. De Cluj jusqu'au Caire. Un créateur multiculturel : le poète, l'écrivain et le metteur en scène Shawkat Seif Eddine bey. In : Romanian – Moroccan Forms of Manifestation in the European Space. Editura Institutului de Științe Politice și Relații Internaționale, Academia Română, București, 2014, pp. 94–108. Genius Loci. In : Geografii identitare – Identități culturale. Coordinatori Pavel Pușcaș, Valentin Trifescu, Simion Molnar, Vali Ilyes. Volumul 1. Simpozionul multicultural Diva Deva. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2014, pp. 31–33. Cerul creștin : patrimoniu etern al multiversului identității locale transcosmice. Geografia teo-teatrologică a Cerului în gândirea Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur. In : Patrimoniu și identitate locală. Actele conferinței Patrimoniu și identitate locală, Valea Verde, 5–7 septembrie 2014. Coordinatori : Valentin Trifescu, Vali Ilyes, François Bréda. Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuză, Iași, 2015. pp. 163–176. A létezés mint közönség. Theatrum et theos (teo-teatrológiai napló). In : Előretolt Helyőrség. Ezredévkönyv. Erdélyi Híradó kiadó, Kolozsvár, 2015, pp. 40–42. Le temple des temps dans le théâtre de Protée. In : Patrimoniu și identitate locală. Actele conferinței Patrimoniu și identitate locală, Valea Verde, 5–7 septembrie 2014. Coordinatori : Valentin Trifescu, Vali Ilyes, François Bréda. Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuză, Iași, 2015. pp. 13–16.

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Gabriel Marcel, Omul problematic, L’homme problématique (The problematic man). Text translated into Romanian and annotated by François Bréda and Ștefan Melancu. Les Éditions Apostrof, coll. Filosofie contemporană, Cluj-Napoca, 1998. Jehan Calvus (Chelu Ivan Péter), Bumgártész. Text translated from Romanian into Hungarian by François Bréda. Kalligram Publishing, Bratislava, 2004. Gabriel Marcel, Semnul Crucii , Le Signe de la Croix. (The Sign of the Cross). Text translated into Romanian and annotated by François Bréda and Radu Teampău. Târgu Jiu, 1999. Show performed at the Elvira Godeanu Theater in Târgu Jiu in 1999. Jean Cocteau, Emberi hang, La Voix Humaine. (The Human Voice). Text translated into Hungarian by François Bréda. In: Napoca Universitară, 1–3 / 1981. Christian Palustran, Hăul , Abîmes. . (Abyss). Text translated into Romanian by François Bréda and Radu Teampău. Show performed at the Turda State Theater, 1998. Gabriel Chifu, Száz költemény O sută de poeme, Cent poèmes. (One hundred poems). Text translated from Romanian into Hungarian by François Bréda, 2008.

Prizes Méhes György-Grand Prize, 2005. Bretter György-Prize, 2010.

Distinction The Knight Cross of Order of Merit of Hungary, 2017.

Memberships He is member of Hungarian Writers' Ligue in Transylvania, Romanian Writers' Union, Présence de Gabriel Marcel Association and the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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Education
Babeș-Bolyai University, Nantes University, University of Angers
Awards
Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Also known as
Francois Breda

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Frequently asked questions

Who was François Bréda?

Hungarian academic (1956–2018)

When was François Bréda born?

François Bréda was born on 20 February 1956 in Deva.

When did François Bréda die?

François Bréda died on 16 May 2018 in Cluj-Napoca.

What was François Bréda's occupation?

François Bréda was an essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and playwright.

What nationality was François Bréda?

François Bréda was Romanian.

Sources & further reading

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