Ioan Ţepelea was the president of the international Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts (ASLA), based in Oradea, Romania. Ţepelea was born on 3 June 1949, in the village of Beznea, near Bratca, Bihor, Romania. He studied history and philosophy at Cluj-Napoca and has written many books about Romania and Europe in general at the time of World War I. Ioan Ţepelea died on 26 March 2012. External links Ioan Tepelea - official biography and list of works from the ASLA site 1949 births 2012 deaths People from Bihor County 20th-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets 20th-century Romanian male writers