obtained scholarships and grants from institutions from Austria (Salzburg Seminar), Germany (Stuttgart Seminar for Cultural Studies), United States (invited by universities of Delaware, New Mexico and Tennessee), Italy (Trieste Joyce School), Malta, Ireland and UK. Interviews Romanian intellectuals have a sacred horror of emotion (Intelectualii români au o oroare sacră faţă de emoţie), interview taken by Iolanda Malamen in Ziua of 12 July 2005. Nothing warm, nothing tactile, nothing erotic (Nimic cald, nimic tactil, nimic erotic), interview taken by Cristian Patrasconiou, in Orizont, no.11, November 2005. Fables about perfectionism (Fabule despre perfecţionism) - Part One and Part Two, interview taken by Raluca Alexandrescu, Observator cultural, no. 57–58. Who has found the bicycle's black box, or, Romanian literature has yet to emerge from the orphanage (Cine a gãsit cutia neagrã a bicicletei, sau Literatura romanã trebuie sã iasã din orfelinat), replies to an inquiry in Echinox, 3 April 2001, p. 2. Reviews Alex Budac, Skins, carcasses, shells (Coji, carcase, caroserii), Orizont, no. 11, November 2005, p. 4. Roxana Din, The democratic books (Cărţile democratice), Echinox, 5 May 2001, p. 2. Paul Cernat, The advantages of the frontier (Avantajele frontierei), Observator cultural, no. 63. Paul Cernat, Digital fiction, sinistral dystopia (Ficţiune digitală, distopie sinistrală), Observator cultural , no. 8. Ioan Curseu, Adrian Oţoiu's Frontier Traffic (Trafic de frontieră), Echinox,, 5 Mai 2001, p. 12. External links Romanian-French and French-Romanian dictionary freely downloadable, written by Adrian Oțoiu. The dictionary encompasses about 20 thousand words both ways, including most flexionary forms. Cultural Diversities East and West: Postcolonialism, Postcommunism and Ethnicity - the webpage of the postgraduate summer course held at the Central European University of Budapest in 2002. 1958 births University of New Mexico faculty Carson–Newman University faculty Romanian novelists Romanian male novelists Living people People from Râmnicu Sărat Babeș-Bolyai University alumni