BRINZEU, Pia 1948-

PERSONAL: Born November 9, 1948, in Timişoara, Romania; daughter of Pius (a surgeon) and Carla (Diel) Brinzeu; married Marius Teodorescu (divorced, 1987); children: Mircea, Dragoş. Education: University of Timişoara, D.Phil., 1978. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—Bul. 16 Decembrie, 1900 Timişoara, Romania. Offıce—University of Timoşoara, Bul. Parvau 4, 1900 Timişoara, Romania; fax: 56-22-1117. E-mail—pbrinzeu@mail.dntttm.ro.

CAREER: University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania, assistant professor, 1971-89, lecturer, 1990, reader, 1991-96, professor of English literature, 1996—, and department head. Visiting professor at institutions such as University of Urbino, 1995, University of Georgia, 1998, and University of Natal, 2000. CEEPUS, member of executive committee and director of Socrates program.

MEMBER: International Shakespeare Association, International Association of Semiotics (member of executive committee, 1994-99), European Society for the Study of English, Societatea de Stiinte Filologice (member of branch executive committee), Romanian Writers' Union, Romanian Society for English and American Studies (local president; national vice president), Societatea RomânaȈ de Studii asupra Secolului al XVIII-lea, Societatea RomânaȈ de LiteraturaȈ ComparataȈ, Austrian Association of Semiotics.

AWARDS, HONORS: Grant from Central European University, 1994-95.

WRITINGS:

Check Your English, Hestia (Timoşoara, Romania), 1992.

Zile si semne (title means "Days and Signs"), Excelsior (Timoşoara, Romania), 1994.

Armura de sticla (title means "The Glass Armor"), Excelsior (Timoşoara, Romania), 1995.

The Protean Novelists, Mirton (Timoşoara, Romania), 1995.

Corridors of Mirrors, Amarcord (Timoşoara, Romania), 1997, University Press of America (Blue Ridge Summit, PA), 2000.

Contributor to books, including Semiotics Unfolding, Volume 3, edited by Tasso Borbé, Mouton (New York, NY), 1983; and Rediscovering Oscar Wilde, edited by G. Sandulescu, Colin Smythe (Gerrards Cross, England), 1994. Contributor of more than 100 articles and reviews to periodicals, including Poetics and Degres. Editor-in-chief, Caiet de semiotica; coeditor, B.A.S.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on British culture and civilization, British and Romanian comparative literature, "narratology," semiotics, and feminism.