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1. Author of over 40 academic works and 20 novels, stories and short stories, this famous Romanian was Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago.
He is best known for his autobiographical novel "Bengal Nights" and his work "A History of Religious Ideas".
2. A well known American, but Romanian born, stage and film actor, who, in most of his roles, portrayed the "tough guy" or a gangster. Among the notable movies he had a part in, we have "A Hole in the Head" (1959) opposite Frank Sinatra, "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) and "Key Largo" with Humphrey Bogart.
He gave a sensational performance as the gangster Rico Bandello in "Little Caesar" (1931).
3. This Romanian cell biologist was a professor at University of California, San Diego, winner of a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1974 (shared with two colleagues), for discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell. Who was it?
4. This famous Romanian sculptor, born in 1876 was one of the first great creators of modern art. In 1904 he left the country and going through Budapest, Vienna, Munich and Switzerland, he eventually arrived in Paris where he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1907 he was admitted for practicing at Rodin's studio.
Some of his well known masterpieces are: "The Endless Column", the series of "Bird in Space" and the 'glossy' "Miss Pogany".
5. This Romanian conductor lived and worked for most of his life in Germany. His studies (in Bucharest, Paris and Berlin) included music, philosophy and mathematics.
During his lifetime he was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, music director of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, teacher at Mainz University in Germany and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris.
6. One of the founders of "Dada" - the 'anti-art' cultural movement that developed in Western Europe during the World War I - this Romanian poet and essayist lived in France for most of his life. In 1918 he wrote what is considered one of the most important of the Dada writings, the "Dada Manifesto".
7. The daughter of a train driver, this Romanian singer was married to Italian tenor Roberto Alagna, is one of the most famous contemporary sopranos. She made her international debut as Zerlina ("Don Giovanni") in 1992 at Covent Garden.
8. Born on Valentine's Day in 1971, he started playing basketball at the age of 14 and was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1993. One of the two tallest players in NBA history, we have to 'look up' to his 7'7" (2.31 m). He was named the NBA's Most Improved Player for the 1995-96 season and his career showed big signs of becoming a very promising one. Unfortunately, due to injuries he had to retire in 2003.
9. Born in Slatina, Romania in 1909 this dramatist, poet and literary critic spent most of his childhood in France, then returned to Romania to complete his studies and went back to France again, this time for good. He is one of the four main playwriters belonging to the movement called "Theater of the Absurd". His most famous plays are "The Bald Soprano", "The Chairs" and "Rhinoceros".
10. This young American painter of Romanian origin is sometimes called "Little Picasso". Her work is themed on issues regarding peace and the environment. She sold her first painting when she was 8 years old, for $50. Now her paintings sell for $200,000 and among the collectors we find famous names as Calvin Klein, Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman, Phil Collins, and Oprah Winfrey.
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