Dumitru Galesanu

Dumitru Galesanu
Native name	Dumitru Găleșanu
Born	5 December 1955 Tia Mare, Olt county, România
Occupation	jurist, writer, poet, philosopher, essayist, book illustrator
Nationality	Romanian
Citizenship	Romanian
Alma mater	Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Genre	philosophical, poetry, essay, memoir
Literary movement	postmodernism, 80s generation in Romania

Dumitru Găleșanu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru gəleʃanu]; born December 5, 1955, Tia Mare commune, Potlogeni village, Olt County) is a jurist, postmodern Romanian writer and poet-philosopher, essayist and book illustrator. Găleșanu's work "explores the new world found at the frontiers of science, philosophy, music, and painting" , the authorial discourse "intersecting the poetry of thought with that of feeling, on a metaphysical plane, in which the marvelous experience of existence is projected onto the orbit of scientific knowledge" .

Studies and professional career

In the period between 1981 and 1986, he attended undergraduate studies at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Law, Legal Sciences profile, Law specialization. Later, between 2003 and 2004, at the same university in the city of Cluj-Napoca, he attended one-year postgraduate refresher courses, specializing in Civil law - Commercial law. Between 2004 and 2006, he then continued with Master's university studies, specializing in Institutions of Romanian Private Law, at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu - Faculty of Law "Simion Bărnuţiu".

Immediately after completing his university studies, he worked as a legal advisor, after which, starting from November 1, 1989, he pursued his professional career in the judicial field, holding the public office of magistrate within the judiciary of Romania . Initially, he served as a judge in the Mixed Section (Criminal Law - Civil Law) of the Râmnicu Vâlcea Court - until 1997, and then continuing at the Section I for Civil rights and liberties within the Vâlcea County Tribunal.

On September 3, 2014, he ceased his professional activity as a result of retirement, based on Decree no. 562/2014 issued for this purpose by the President of Romania.

In parallel with his student life, during his university studies and alongside his subsequent professional activity, he dedicated himself to his passion for philosophy and poetic art. In this context, he continued to write and then to publish his lyrical-philosophical books, including after the end of his professional career.

His poetic-philosophical creation has been appreciated in specialized literature as being "cosmological and universal".

Literary and publishing activity

Studies and articles in the legal occupational area, included in vol. 1st International Congress on Foundational Research in Law and Philosophy of Law, Bucharest, 28-29 May 2005, coord. acad. Alexandru Boboc and others (Cartea Universitară Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006) and in the Critical Review of Law and Philosophy of Law, vol.2, no.1-2/March-June 2005, Bucharest.

He made his editorial debut on July 25, 2010, with the lyrical-philosophical volume Emoții în multivers/Emotions into multiverse , bilingual Romanian-English edition, at the Tracus Arte Publishing House in Bucharest, a publishing house with which he also continued to cooperate later.

Since 2012 he has published literary creations in national and international art and culture magazines, such as: New York Magazine, Gracious Light/Lumină Lină (New York), Cultural Harmonies (Adjud), New Corvina Province (Hunedoara), Literary Destinies (Montréal), Il Convivio and Culture and Perspectives (Castiglione di Sicilia), Banquet (Petroșani), Vatra veche (Târgu Mureș), The Light of the World (Râmnicu Vâlcea), Romanian Global News (Bucharest) and others.

Literary affiliations

He was a member of the "Anton Pann" Literary Society from Râmnicu Vâlcea (November 1986 - January 1990). Member of the Cultural Association "Euterpe" APS in Jesi (AN) and of the International Academy "Il Convivio" in Castiglione di Sicilia (CT), Italy.

Literary work. Published books

• Emoții în multivers/Emotions into multiverse, Romanian-English edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010, ISBN 978-606-8126-22-7;
• Pe corzile luminii/Sulle stringhe di luce (On the strings of light), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2011, ISBN 978-606-8126-81-4;
• Fugă spre roșu/Fuggire verso il rosso (Running toward red), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012, ISBN 978-606-8361-61-1;
• Însemnele materiei/Insegne della materia (The insignias of matter), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013, ISBN 978-606-664-130-2;
• Addéndum, Romanian-Italian-English edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014, ISBN 978-606-664-235-4;
• Ante*metafizica: antologie lirică de autor, ediție bibliofilă (Ante*metaphysics: author's lyrical anthology), bibliophile Romanian edition, Eikon Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2015, ISBN 978-606-711-237-5;
• Tratat pentru nemurire/Trattato per l’immortalità (Treaty for immortality), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016, ISBN 978-606-664-695-6;
• Axiomele infinității/Assiomi dell’infinità (The axioms of Infinity), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2017, ISBN 978-606-664-775-5;
• Ante*metafizica: antologie lirică, ediția a 2-a, revizuită și adăugită (Ante*metaphysics, lyrical anthology, 2nd edition, revised and completed), Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2018, ISBN 978-606-711-763-9
• Poetică metafizică/Poetica metafisica (Metaphysical poetry), Romanian-Italian edition, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2019, ISBN 978-606-023-051-9;
• Luminile omului: lirica filosofică (The Lights of Man: the philosophical lyric poetry), Univers Enciclopedic Gold Publishing House, Bucharest, 2020, ISBN 978-606-704-783-7;
• The Lights of Man: the philosophical lyric poetry, translated into English by Andreea Moise, Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021, ISBN 978-606-49-0465-2;
• Le luci dellʼuomo: lirica filosofica, translation into Italian by Mihaela Cîrțog, Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021, ISBN 978-606-49-0464-5;
• In aeternum poetic@, Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2022, ISBN 978-606-49-0626-7.
• Mirabile iubiri. Antologie de gânduri și amintiri/Mirabili amori. Antologia di pensieri e ricordi (Wonderful loves. Anthology of thoughts and memories), Eikon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2023, ISBN 978-606-49-1005-9.

Presence in anthologies

• Maratonul de poezie, blues și jazz 2012 (Poetry, blues and jazz marathon 2012), Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012;
• Meridiane Lirice – Antologie Universală a Poeziei Românești Contemporane (124 Poeți contemporani)/ (Lyrical Meridians – Universal Anthology of Contemporary Romanian Poetry (124 Contemporary Poets), coord. Gheorghe A. Stroia, Armonii Culturale Publishing House, Adjud, 2012;
• Antologia scriitorilor români contemporani din întreaga lume. Starpress 2014/Lʼantologia degli scrittori romeni contemporanei di tutto il mondo (Anthology of contemporary Romanian writers from around the world. Starpress 2014), coord. Ligya Diaconescu, Romanian-Italian edition, Fortuna Publishing House, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 2014;
• Actori printre Astre. Antologie de poezie contemporană românească (Actors among the Stars. Anthology of Romanian contemporary poetry), vol.1, coord. Gheorghe A. Stroia, Armonii Culturale Publishing House, Adjud, 2016;
• Tu sai che era amore – LʼAntologia delle opere vincitrici della IX Edizione del "Premio Internazionale di Poesia Don Luigi Di Liegro - 2017" (You know it was love – The Anthology of the winning works of the IX Edition of the "Don Luigi Di Liegro International Poetry Award - 2017"), edited by Renato Fiorito, Ilmiolibro Publishing House, Rome, 2017;
• În dialog cu inima. Interviuri cu scriitori români contemporani (In dialogue with the heart. Interviews with contemporary Romanian writers), vol. 4, Gheorghe A. Stroia, Armonii Culturale Publishing House, Adjud, 2018;
• Antologia della VII° edizione Premio Nazionale di Poesia "L’arte in versi" (Autori Vari)/ Anthology of the VII edition of the National Poetry Prize "Art in verse" (Various Authors), Ass. Culturale Euterpe APS, edited by the Lorenzo Spurio, Jesi, (AN), 2018;
• Autori vari. Antologia – X° Concorso letterario nazionale “Città di Cologna Spiaggia”/ Various authors. Anthology – X National Literary Competition "City of Cologne Beach", edited by Cultural Association "Il Faro", Cologna Spiaggia of Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE), 2019;
• Fiori di Poesia [Per la Giornata Mondiale della Poesia]/ Poetry Flowers [For World Poetry Day], coord. Lorenzo Spurio, Associazione di Promozione Sociale Euterpe Publishing House, Jesi (AN), 2022;
• Poeme peregrine: antologie de poezie contemporană românească/Poemas peregrinos: antología de poesía rumana contemporanea/ Poemi pellegrini: antologia di poesia rumena contemporanea (Wandering Poems: Anthology of Romanian contemporary poetry), coord. Carmen Bulzan, Romanian-Spanish edition, Kult Publishing House, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 2022;
• Antologia Rumänische Lyrikanthologie - Von den Anfängen bis heute, Band VI ("Anthology of Romanian poetry - From the beginning to today, Volume VI"), Christian W. Schenk, German edition, Dionysos Publishing House, Boppard, 2024, ISBN 979-888-372-4830;

Awards and distinctions

• Career Award, International Competition Prize "Poetry, Prose and Figurative Arts" and Theater Prize "Angelo Musco" - «Il Convivio» 2016, Giardini-Naxos of Messina, October 30, 2016.
• Special prize for the best book by a foreign author (Premio speciale per miglior libro di autore straniero), with the work Treaty for immortality/Trattato per l'immortalità, National Poetry Prize Competition «L'arte in versi», Jesi (AN), November 10, 2018.
• "Provincia di Teramo" special prize, «Città di Cologna Spiaggia» National Literary Competition 2019, for the collection Axiomele infinității/Assiomi dell'infinità, Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE), September 29, 2019

Bibliography

• Vasile, Nicolae. Enciclopedia Scriitori din Generația 2000 ("Encyclopedia of Writers of the Generation 2000"), vol. II, U.Z.P. Publishing - Union of Professional Journalists in Romania, Bucharest, 2021, pp.275-279. ISBN 978-606-9654-39-2.
• Stroia A., Gheorghe. coord., MILENARIUM. Dicționarul enciclopedic al scriitorilor români la începutul mileniului al III-lea MILENARIUM ("The encyclopedic dictionary of Romanian writers at the beginning of the third millennium"), vol.I, Armonii Culturale Publishing, Slobozia in Bacău County, 2021, pp.234-241. ISBN 978-606-746-771-0.
• Casuscelli, Francesco. "La luce metafisica nell’opera di Dumitru Găleșanu/Lumina metafizică în opera lui Dumitru Găleșanu" ("The metaphysical light in the work of Dumitru Găleșanu"). (in Romanian/Italian). Journal of the Contemporary Science Association. United States. ISSN 2164-0262 web.archive.org.
• Damian, Theodor. Glose literare ("Literary glosses"), Timpul Publishing, Iaşi, 2025, pp. 285-301. ISBN 978-973-612-777-9.

External links

• "Worldcat. Author: Dumitru Găleșanu". worldcat.org.
• FamousFix | Dumitru Găleşanu / Quotes. www.famousfix.com.
• Armanda Filipine | Moment of poetry live815. www.youtube.com.