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Dragomir Costineanu is a doctor in Far Eastern studies, professor of kabuki theater (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris), comparative literature (University of Arras), Romanian language and literature (University of Montpellier) and researcher (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherches et d'Études Roumaines & Center Interuniversitaire de Recherches sur la Renaissance Italienne, Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris III). He published books and articles about theater (Origines et mythes du kabuki; Le jeu de mots au kabuki), about India (in collaboration: Hindi-Romanian Dictionary; Bengali-Romanian Dictionary), about Indo-Europeans ("Mioriţa" et le sacrifice rituel indo-européen), about Mircea Eliade (Ars Dramatica Eliadensis; Une interprétation des nouvelles de Mircea Eliade par l'étymologie des noms propres; "Pe Strada Mântuleasa" by Mircea Eliade: une lecture étymologique), about fantastic Romanian literature (Le fantastique face à la dictatorship). He collaborated on the Parisian bimonthly Lupta (Mysteries of the death of I. P. Culianu). He served as a consultant lecturer (Centre National du Livre in Paris), as a French translator, both literary (Eugène Ionesco: Hugoliade. La vie grotesque et tragique de Victor Hugo; Mircea Eliade: Carnaval; Le Rêve & Aventure), as well as official (in addition to the presidency and ministries of France) and as an international official, in charge of cultural programs for Romania, within the Latin Union.