About Leon Levițchi
Lived 1918 – 1991 (aged 73). Leon Levițchi was a Romanian linguist, translator, scholar of English, philologist and poet.
Leon Levițchi (27 August 1918 – 16 October 1991) was a Romanian philologist and translator who specialised in the study of the English language and literature.
Life The son of Diomid Leu, a clergyman and teacher, and Zenovia Gârlea, a primary school teacher, he went to secondary school in Chernivtsi and Hotin, taking his baccalaureat exam in Chernivtsi in 1937. Due to his good results, he was rewarded with a journey to Norway.
Works (selection) Dicționar român-englez, București, Ed. Științifică, 1960, 1965, 1973 ("Romanian-English dictionary") Gramatica limbii engleze, București, Ed. Științifică, 1967 (with Ioan Preda) ("English grammar book") Îndrumar pentru traducătorii din limba engleză în limba română. București: Editura științifică și enciclopedică, 1975 ("A Guide for English to Romanian Translators") Studii shakespeariene. Cluj-Napoca: Dacia, 1976 ("Shakesperean Studies") Istoria literaturii engleze și americane, vol. I-II. Cluj-Napoca: Dacia, 1985-1994 ("A History of English and American Literature") Limba engleză fără profesor. București: Teora, 1997 ("Teach Yourself English") Manualul traducătorului de limba engleză. București: Teora, 1994 ("A Manual for English Translators") Dicționar englez-român (edited with Andrei Bantaș), 1991 ("English-Romanian Dictionary") A History of Romanian Literature, 1989 (translation of George Călinescu's Istoria literaturii române de la origini pînă în prezent, 1941; re-edited by Al. Piru, 1982 William Shakespeare, Opere complete, 9 volumes, co-author (with Virgiliu Stefănescu-Drăgănești), 1988-1995
Memberships Romanian Writers' Union (since 1955) International Association of University Professors of English
Awards Romanian Academy Award Romanian Writers' Union's Translation Award, 1972 and 1978
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Romanian philologist and translator (1918–1991)
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Leon Levițchi was born on 27 August 1918 in Edineț.
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Leon Levițchi died on 16 October 1991 in Bucharest.
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Leon Levițchi was a linguist, translator, scholar of English, philologist and poet.
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Leon Levițchi was Romanian.
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