Dairy of a Short-Sighted Adolescent

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Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) was a Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion of the 20th century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years, including the novels Maitreyi (or Bengal Nights), Noaptea de Sânziene (The Forbidden Forest), Isabel ¿i apele diavolului (Isabel and the Devil's Waters) and Romanul Adolescentului Miop (Diary of a Short-Sighted Adolescent), and the novellas Domni¿oara Christina (Miss Christina) and Tinere¿e f¿r¿ tinere¿e (Youth Without Youth), which was made into a feature film by Frances Ford Coppola in 2007, starring Tim Roth.

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