Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu
Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 July 1927 |
| Died | 11 March 2009 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, university professor |
| Relatives | Toma Caragiu (brother) Geta Caragiu (sister) |
| Awards | National Order of Merit in the "Commander" rank (2000) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Thesis | Fonomorfologie aromână. Studiu de dialectologie structurală (1968) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Bucharest, University of Salzburg, Goethe University Frankfurt |
Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu (20 July 1927 – 11 March 2009; Aromanian: Matilda Caragiu Mariotseanu) was a Romanian linguist. She studied in the University of Bucharest, where she became a professor, having also taught at the University of Salzburg and the Goethe University Frankfurt as an invited professor. Caragiu Marioțeanu was the sister of actor Toma Caragiu and sculptor Geta Caragiu.
Caragiu Marioțeanu published a multitude of works about the Romanian and Aromanian languages as well as about the Aromanians in general, having been one herself. Her Dodecalogue of the Aromanians played an important role for the plot of I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian (2013), the first film in Aromanian. She also collaborated in the publication of several manuals for learning Romanian, translated Aromanian fairy tales and stories into Romanian and wrote two volumes of Aromanian verses. For her research, Caragiu Marioțeanu became a titular member of the Romanian Academy and received the National Order of Merit in 2000.