Editing Mircea Eliade (section)

===Portrayals, filmography and dramatizations===
Early on, Mircea Eliade's novels were the subject of satire: before the two of them became friends, [[Nicolae Steinhardt]], using the pen name ''Antisthius'', authored and published [[Parody|parodies]] of them.<ref name="Steinhardt, in Handoca"/> [[Maitreyi Devi]], who strongly objected to Eliade's account of their encounter and relationship, wrote her own novel as a reply to his ''[[Bengal Nights (novel)|Maitreyi]]''; written in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], it was titled ''[[Na Hanyate]]'' ('It Does Not Die').<ref name="kamani"/>

Several authors, including [[Ioan Petru Culianu]], have drawn a parallel between [[Eugène Ionesco]]'s [[Theatre of the Absurd|Absurdist]] play of 1959, ''[[Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros]]'', which depicts the population of a small town falling victim to a mass metamorphosis, and the impact fascism had on Ionesco's closest friends (Eliade included).<ref>Oişteanu, "Angajamentul..."; Ornea, pp. 19, 181</ref>

In 2000, [[Saul Bellow]] published his controversial ''[[Ravelstein]]'' novel. Having for its setting the [[University of Chicago]], it had among its characters Radu Grielescu, who was identified by several critics as Eliade. The latter's portrayal, accomplished through statements made by the eponymous character, is polemical: Grielescu, who is identified as a disciple of [[Nae Ionescu]], took part in the [[Legionnaires' Rebellion and Bucharest Pogrom|Bucharest Pogrom]], and is in Chicago as a refugee scholar, searching for the friendship of a Jewish colleague as a means to rehabilitate himself.<ref>[[Mircea Iorgulescu]], [http://www.revista22.ro/html/index.php?nr=2002-05-27&art=103 "Portretul artistului ca delincvent politic" ("The Portrait of the Artist as a Political Offender"), Part I] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008065648/http://www.revista22.ro/html/index.php?nr=2002-05-27&art=103|date=2007-10-08}}, in ''[[22 (magazine)|22]]'', Nr.637, May 2002; retrieved July 16, 2007 {{in lang|ro}}</ref> In 2005, the Romanian literary critic and translator Antoaneta Ralian, who was an acquaintance of Bellow's, argued that much of the negative portrayal was owed to a personal choice Bellow made (after having divorced from [[Alexandra Bellow|Alexandra Bagdasar]], his Romanian wife and Eliade disciple).<ref name="ralian">[http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_19388-A-incetat-din-viata-laureatul-Premiului-Nobel-Saul-Bellow.htm Antoaneta Ralian, interviewed on the occasion of Saul Bellow's death] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110532/http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_19388-A-incetat-din-viata-laureatul-Premiului-Nobel-Saul-Bellow.htm |date=2007-09-29 }}, [[BBC|BBC Romania]], April 7, 2005 (hosted by hotnews.ro); retrieved July 16, 2007 {{in lang|ro}}</ref> She also mentioned that, during a 1979 interview, Bellow had expressed admiration for Eliade.<ref name="ralian" />

The film ''Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du Sacré'' (1987), and part of the television series ''Architecture et Géographie sacrées'' by [[Paul Barbă Neagră]], discuss Eliade's works.

==== Film adaptations ====
*''[[The Bengali Night]]'' (1988), directed by [[Nicolas Klotz]]
* ''[[Miss Christina (1992 film)|Domnişoara Christina]]'' ('Miss Christina', 1992), directed by Viorel Sergovici
*''[[Șarpele]]'' ('The Snake', 1996)
*''[[Eu sunt Adam]]!'' (1996), directed by [[Dan Pița]]
*[[Youth Without Youth (film)|''Youth Without Youth'']] (2007), directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]
*''Domnişoara Christina'' (2013)
''[[The Bengali Night]]'', a 1988 film directed by [[Nicolas Klotz]] and based upon the French translation of ''Maitreyi'', stars British actor [[Hugh Grant]] as Allan, the European character based on Eliade, while [[Supriya Pathak]] is Gayatri, a character based on Maitreyi Devi (who had refused to be mentioned by name).<ref name="kamani" /> The film, considered "simply" by [[Hinduism|Hindu]] activists, was only shown once in India.<ref name="kamani" />

==== Live adaptations ====

* ''Domnișoara Christina'' (1981), opera at the Romanian Radio<ref name=":0">[http://www.cimec.ro/Muzica/evenimadd/simn2004/ZiuaIV.htm ''Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi. Ediţia a 14-a – 23–30 Mai 2004. Detalii festival'' ("The International New Music Week. 14th Edition – May 23–30, 2004. Festival Details")] {{in lang|ro}}, at the [http://www.cimec.ro/e_default.htm Institute for Cultural Memory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919180706/http://cimec.ro/e_default.htm|date=2010-09-19}}; retrieved February 18, 2008</ref>
* ''Iphigenia'' (1982), play at the [[National Theater Bucharest]]<ref name="raifigenia" />
* ''La señorita Cristina'' (2000), opera at the [[Teatro Real]], Madrid<ref name="jgspania" />
* ''Cazul Gavrilescu'' ('The Gavrilescu Case', 2001), play at the [[Nottara Theater]]<ref name=":1">[[Irina Margareta Nistor]], [http://agenda.liternet.ro/articol/5148/Irina-Margareta-Nistor/Un-cuplu-creator-de-teatru---Gelu-si-Roxana-Colceag.html "Un cuplu creator de teatru – Gelu şi Roxana Colceag" ("A Theater Producing Couple – Gelu and Roxana Colceag")], September 2001, at the [http://agenda.liternet.ro/ LiterNet publishing house]; retrieved January 18, 2008 {{in lang|ro}}</ref>
* La Țigănci (2003), play at the [[Odeon Theatre (Bucharest)|Odeon Theater]]<ref name=":2">[http://www.adevarul.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=39710&duminica=1 "''La ţigănci''...&nbsp;cu Popescu" (''To the Gypsy Girls''...&nbsp;with Popescu")] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327210015/http://www.adevarul.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=39710&duminica=1|date=2008-03-27}}, in ''[[Adevărul]]'', May 31, 2003; retrieved December 4, 2007 {{in lang|ro}}</ref>
* ''Apocalipsa după Mircea Eliade'' ('The Apocalypse According to Mircea Eliade', 2007)<ref name=":3">[http://www.gandul.info/arte/scrieri-eliade-visniec-cadrul-festivalului-enescu.html?3940;909322 "Scrieri de Eliade şi Vişniec, în cadrul festivalului Enescu" ("Texts by Eliade and Vişniec, as Part of the Enescu Festival")] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922041749/http://www.gandul.info/arte/scrieri-eliade-visniec-cadrul-festivalului-enescu.html?3940;909322|date=2007-09-22}}, in ''[[Gândul]]'', September 12, 2007; retrieved December 4, 2007 {{in lang|ro}}</ref>

Eliade's ''Iphigenia'' was again included in theater programs during the late years of the [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] regime: in January 1982, a new version, directed by [[Ion Cojar]], premiered at the [[National Theater Bucharest]], starring [[Mircea Albulescu]], [[Tania Filip]] and [[Adrian Pintea]] in some of the main roles.<ref name="raifigenia" />

{{Interlanguage link|La Țigănci|lt=La Țigănci|ro||WD=|italic=yes}} has been the basis for two theater adaptations: ''Cazul Gavrilescu'' ('The Gavrilescu Case'), directed by [[Gelu Colceag]] and hosted by the Nottara Theater;<ref name=":1" /> and an eponymous play by director Alexandru Hausvater, first staged by the [[Odeon Theatre (Bucharest)|Odeon Theater]] in 2003, starring, among others, [[Adriana Trandafir]], [[Florin Zamfirescu]], and [[Carmen Tănase]].<ref name=":2" />

In March 2007, on Eliade's 100th birthday, the [[Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company]] hosted the ''Mircea Eliade Week'', during which [[radio drama]] adaptations of several works were broadcast.<ref>[http://agenda.liternet.ro/articol/3964/Comunicat-de-presa/Saptamana-Mircea-Eliade-la-Radio-Romania.html "Săptămâna ''Mircea Eliade'' la Radio România" ("The ''Mircea Eliade'' Week on Radio Romania")] (2007 press communique) {{in lang|ro}}, at the [http://agenda.liternet.ro/ LiterNet publishing house]; retrieved December 4, 2007</ref> In September of that year, director and dramatist Cezarina Udrescu staged a [[multimedia]] performance based on a number of works Mircea Eliade wrote during his stay in [[Portugal]]; titled ''Apocalipsa după Mircea Eliade'' ('The Apocalypse According to Mircea Eliade'), and shown as part of a Romanian Radio cultural campaign, it starred [[Ion Caramitru]], [[Oana Pellea]] and [[Răzvan Vasilescu]].<ref name=":3" />

''Domnișoara Christina'' has been the subject of two operas: the first, carrying the same Romanian title, was authored by Romanian composer [[Șerban Nichifor]] and premiered in 1981 at the Romanian Radio;<ref name=":0" /> the second, titled ''La señorita Cristina'', was written by Spanish composer [[Luis de Pablo]] and premiered in 2000 at the [[Teatro Real]] in Madrid.<ref name="jgspania" />