Horia-Roman Patapievici
Chairman of the Board of Directors
-Physicist, writer, scientific researcher in physics, independent researcher in the history of ideas, cultural manager.
-Member of the Group for Social Dialogue and the Writers' Union.
-Former president of the Romanian Cultural Institute (2005-2012).
-Founding member of the Research Group on the Foundations of European Modernity (University of Bucharest)
-Honorary member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute (Romania)
-Founder and director of ID (Idei în Dialog) magazine (2004-2009)
-Vice-president (2008-2010) and president (2010-2011) of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture)
-Holder of the Order of Arts and Letters, Officer rank (awarded by the French Republic)
-Published the following books: Cerul văzut prin lentilă (The Sky Seen Through a Lens) (Nemira, 1995; Writers' Union Award for debut); Zbor în bătaia săgeţii (Flight in the Arrow's Flight) (Humanitas, 1995); Politice (Politics) (Humanitas, 1996); Omul recent (The Recent Man) (Humanitas, 2001; Writers' Union Essay Prize, 2001; Romanian Publishers' Association Prize for Best Romanian Essayist, 2002); Discernment of Modernization (Humanitas, 2004); Beatrice's Eyes (Humanitas, 2004; Writers' Union Essay Prize); Despre idei & blocaje (Humanitas, 2009; reissued with a new preface and under a changed title: De ce nu avem o piață a ideilor, Humanitas, 2014); Ultimul Culianu (Humanitas, 2010).
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