Dumitru Găleșanu

• Name — Dumitru Găleșanu • Born — 5 December 1955 • Birthplace — Potlogeni, Olt County, Romania • Language — Romanian, Italian, English • Occupation — Judge, writer, poet, philosopher, essayist, illustrator • Education — Babeș-Bolyai University • Genre — Philosophical poetry, lyric poetry, free verse, essay, memoir • Movement — 80s Generation, postmodernism

Dumitru Găleșanu was born on December 5, 1955, in the locality of Potlogeni, a village in the southern area of the Romanian Plain, located on the right bank of the Olt River and included in the historical region of Romania known as Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia), into a family of agricultural workers consisting of his parents, Ion and Aurica Găleșanu. He spent his childhood in his native village, where he also attended the Primary school and Gymnasium school for 1st-8th grades. As a result of graduating in his youth in the field of legal sciences, he worked for a long period in the legal field, of which, for over 24 years, only in the judicial system of Romania, dedicating himself at the same time to literary creation and philosophy. Most of his works have been written and published successively in the form of poems, in a metaphysical poetic language with postmodern stylistic influences.

After graduating from the Primary school and lower Secondary school, he passed the exam taken in order to continue his pre-university education at Grupul Școlar de Chimie din Craiova, later became Liceul Tehnologic "Costin D. Nenițescu" din Craiova. After the three-year vocational school in Craiova, in the autumn of 1973 he was enrolled as a student at Liceul de Matematică-Fizică "Vasile Roaită" in Râmnicu Vâlcea, later transformed into Colegiul Național "Mircea cel Bătrân" (Râmnicu Vâlcea). Between 1975 and 1976, he interrupted high school to perform compulsory military service at a military aviation unit within the Ministry of National Defense of Romania. Resuming his studies, he graduated from this educational institution and obtained his baccalaureate diploma in 1979. Between 1973 and 1978, he worked at Centrala Industrială de Produse Anorganice in Râmnicu Vâlcea, currently Oltchim SA, and then at Întreprinderea Județeană de Gospodărie Comunală și Locativă Vâlcea, until November 1, 1989, after which he entered into the Judiciary of Romania.

Between 1981 and 1986, he attended the Faculty of Law of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in legal sciences, the specialization Law, he held various positions, including the profession of jurisconsult. Then, he completed his training as a judge through continuous professional development, particularly for a deeper understanding of relevant judicial practices, based on the application of national legislation, as well as on the integrated regulatory system of the European Union, participating in courses and seminars mainly organized by the National Institute of Magistracy of Romania. In the same context, between 2003 and 2004, he also attended a postgraduate course for specialization and improvement in the field of civil law and commercial law, organized by the Faculty of Law of Babeș-Bolyai University, at the end of which he obtained his graduation diploma in 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, he continued with a master's degree in law (M.L./LL.M), at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS), "Simion Bărnuțiu" Faculty of Law, and upon completion of these studies he obtained the specialization in Romanian Private Law Institutions. Starting with the year 1989, he followed his professional career in the Romanian judicial system, holding the position of magistrate-judge, initially at the Mixed Section of the Râmnicu Vâlcea Court (judecătorie), in the judicial panels for criminal law and civil law, until November 1, 1997, and then at the Vâlcea County Tribunal, where he continued to practice as a judge at Civil Section I, until September 3, 2014, the date on which he ceased his judicial activity by retirement. During the same period, he was affiliated as a member of the professional organization Asociația Magistraților din România (A.M.R.) - Filiala Vâlcea. In the legal field, he has published studies and specialized articles, some of which are included in the volume 1st International Congress on Foundational Research in Law and Philosophy of Law: Bucharest, 28–29 May 2005, as well as in Revista critică de drept și de filosofia dreptului ("Critical Magazine of Law and the Philosophy of Law"), Vol.2, No.1-2/2005.

In addition to legal specialty articles related to his profession and field of activity, Dumitru Găleșanu contributed with poems, literary chronicles, reviews, reportage, essays, and digital paintings from his own creation, published in various cultural, artistic, and literary magazines, including: Armonii Culturale (Adjud); Noua Provincia Corvina (Hunedoara); Banchetul (Petroșani); Lumina Lumii (Râmnicu Vâlcea); Oltart (Slatina); Il Convivio, Cultura e Prospettive (Castiglione di Sicilia); New York Magazin, Gracious Light/Lumină Lină (New York City); Destine Literare (Montreal).

Complementary to his individual literary, artistic, and publishing activities, Dumitru Găleșanu has been associated and collaborated over time, as a member, with various socio-cultural nonprofit organizations, including: Societatea Literară "Anton Pann" in Ramnicu Valcea, Associazione Culturale "Euterpe" APS in Jesi, and Accademia Internazionale "Il Convivio" in Castiglione di Sicilia.

Some of the digital paintings created over time by Dumitru Găleșanu have been published (as original graphic illustrations) in the content pages of some of his important books, including: Luminile omului: lirica filosofică (2022), In aeternum poetic@ (2022), and Mirabile iubiri. Antologie de gânduri și amintiri (2023), etc. • Illustration — Art portrait (2022) • Illustration — CDs Addéndum (2014) • Illustration — Dumitru Găleșanu at Râmnicu Vâlcea in the 2000s.