Mircea Cărtărescu was born on June 1st, 1956 in Bucharest, Romania.

At present he is
a Professor of Literature at the University of Bucharest. Previously he was the editor
of Caiete critice literary magazine and a Professor of Romanian language and literature
in a Bucharest highschool (1980-1989). He is a poet, novelist, literary critic, and
journalist, member of  the Romanian Writers’ Union, Romanian PEN Club and the
European Cultural Parliament. He published over 30 books so far, a large number of
articles, and his work is translated in over 20 languages.
He won all the most important Romanian literary prizes, many international prizes and
was awarded a great number of writing fellowships and scholarships.