Corin Braga#
| Membership Number: | 5410 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corin_Braga |
Present and Previous Positions
- From 2020 Vicepresident of the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2008 - 2020 Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- From 2013 Correspondent Member of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- From 2012 Vicepresident of CRI2i (Centre de Recherches Internationales sur l’Imaginaire)
- From 2011 Vicepresident of ALGCR (Association of General and Comparative Literature of Romania)
- From 2007 University Professor in comparative literature
- 2003 - 2007 Head of the Department of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Letters in Cluj
- From 2002 Founder and director of the CENTER FOR IMAGINATION STUDIES at the Faculty of Letters in Cluj
- From 2001 Founder and Director of the ECHINOX Journal (”Caietele Echinox”)
- Coordinator of the collection MUNDUS IMAGINALIS at Dacia Publishing House in Cluj, then of the collection PHANTASMA at Tracus Arte Publishing House in Bucarest
Fields of Scholarship
- Imagination studies
- Fictional worlds
- Romanian literature
- World literature
- Comparative literature
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Prize ”I. Negoițescu” of the Apostrof cultural review, Romania, for opera omnia
- Diploma for Excellency in Literature, Librex Book Fair, Iassi, Romania
- 2016 Diploma for Excellency of the Babeş-Bolyai University, as director of the Center of Imagination Studies
- 2015 Great Prize at FestLit (National Festival of Literature) Cluj
- ”Ion Hobana” Award by the Romanian Writers Association – Bucarest Branch
- 2012 Correspondent Member of Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Award Book of the Year for Essay by the Romanian Writers Association – Cluj Branch
- Diploma Professor Bologna, ANOSR (National Associationof Student Organization from Romania)
- 2010 ”Professor of the Year” Award of the Babeş-Bolyai University for 2010
- 2009 Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, France
- Award of the Romanian Association of Comparative Literature for the best national journal in comparative literature (Echinox Journal)
- 2008 Award for Cultural Studies of the Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
- 2007 Award Book of the Year for Essay by the Romanian Writers Association – Cluj Branch
- National Prize for Literary History and Criticism ”Petru Creţia”, Memorialul Ipoteşti
- 2005 Henri Jacquier Award, by the Romanian Writers Association – Cluj Branch and the French Cultural Center in Cluj
- Award of the Romanian Association of Comparative Literature
- 2004 Babeş-Bolyai Award for Scientific Research
- 2001 Member of PEN Club România
- Award for literary criticism at the Lucian Blaga International Symposium, Cluj
- 1996 Award for narrative writing, by the Romanian Writers Association – Cluj Branch
