New Depth and Vision Gained in Vienna

29 Jul 2010 | Georgiana Ilie

I like to support my reporting by reading relevant sociological studies or philosophical takes on the subject I’m writing about. When I wrote the profile of a very talented Romanian writer, I read, besides his books and all the reviews ever written about them, books on literature theory and critical approaches on the idea of genius in literature. They gave me a framework of what is important in terms of literary talent and where this author stood among his peers. They gave me depth and vision.
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New Depth and Vision Gained in Vienna

29 Jul 2010 | Georgiana Ilie

I like to support my reporting by reading relevant sociological studies or philosophical takes on the subject I’m writing about. When I wrote the profile of a very talented Romanian writer, I read, besides his books and all the reviews ever written about them, books on literature theory and critical approaches on the idea of genius in literature. They gave me a framework of what is important in terms of literary talent and where this author stood among his peers. They gave me depth and vision.
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Georgiana Ilie

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Georgiana Ilie

Georgiana Ilie, from Romania, writes in-depth stories for numerous magazines, in the areas of culture, human rights, environment or inspirational people. Her previous work experience includes the UN Population Fund and the Center for Independent Journalism. Georgiana was awarded a Marshall Memorial Fellowship in 2008/2009, by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Read more
Taboos change – rapidly. Homosexuality was once a taboo in Western Europe, as was “living in sin”, [i.e. outside marriage], abortion, childlessness, physical disabilities, atheism and suicide.

No longer. But new taboos have arisen. The Europe of our ancestors was in some ways more accepting of depression, virginity, celibacy, getting old, illness and death than we are in our more youth-centred and health-orientated society. Read more