Mircea Eliade

Eliade (1907-1986) grew up, was educated, and published many works in his native Romania between the wars. Rickett, former student, close friend and admirer (but not devotee) of the scholar of religion, and collaborator on the English translation of his autobiography, learned Romanian and travelled to Bucharest to research those early years. Documenting his biography and literary survey with hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, Ricketts says he covers important incidents that Eliade himself forgot. Includes background of political situations and personalities, and excerpts from untranslated works. Ten photographs. No index. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.