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Valeriu Munteanu (philologist)

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Citizenship
  
Romania

Died
  
1999, Bucharest, Romania


Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Valeriu Munteanu

Residence
  
Bucharest, Romania

Born
  
October 4, 1921 (
1921-10-04
)

Occupation
  
lexicographer, translator, philologist

Spouse(s)
  
prof. dr. Sanda Munteanu

Education
  
University of Bucharest

Valeriu Munteanu (October 4, 1921 – December 20, 1999) was a Romanian philologist, lexicographer, and translator.

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After studying law in Sibiu and Cluj, he studied philology in Bucharest, and Nordic languages in Uppsala, Sweden.

He translated into Romanian writers such as Hjalmar Bergman, August Strindberg, Artur Lundkvist, Hans Scherfig, Herman Bang, Sigrid Undset, Knut Hamsun.

Orders, Prizes

  • Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star 1st Class (1981)
  • the Danish Order of the Dannebrog
  • Swedish Academy's translation prize (1981)
  • Romanian Writers' Union translation prize (1997)

    • Works

  • Dansk-Rumensk Ordbog (Romanian-Danish dictionary) (co-ed.), Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag/Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1984 (cca 40.000 words)
  • Ghid de conversație român-suedez (Swedish-Romanian phrase book), (Ed. Sport-Turism, București, 1977)
  • Dansk-rumænsk parlør (Danish-Romanian phrase book), (Ed. Sport-Turism, București, 1980)
  • Dicționar suedez-român (Swedish-Romanian dictionary), (Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2002)
  • Dicționar danez-român (Danish-Romanian dictionary), (Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2003)

    • References

    Valeriu Munteanu (philologist) Wikipedia
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