Alin Fumurescu, Photo: Personal Archive
Professor Alin Fumurescu died today, at the age of 57, in his house in Houston, Texas, announces the magazine Dilema with which he had a long collaboration, in a Facebook post.
“Professor and journalist Alin Fumurescu, permanent collaborator and friend of Dilema magazine, ceased life on Sunday, May 11, at the age of 57, in his family's house in Houston (Texas, USA).
A graduate of medicine and philosophy in Cluj, settled over two decades ago in the United States, where he obtained his doctorate and became a professor of political philosophy at the University of Houston. After the 1989 Revolution, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine, the northwest day and the newspaper of Cluj. He has published over the editorial years and opinion articles in Dilemma, daily and contributors.ro. ”, Announces the dilemma.
Fumurescu's work “Compromise. A political and philosophical history”, also translated into Romanian, was nominated among the 25 best academic titles published in the United States in 2013.
Alin Fumurescu was married, the father of three children and, recently, became a grandfather.
“We are grateful to him for the ideas, rigor and generosity with which he participated in the public dialogue.
May God forgive him and rest him in peace! Dilema magazine sends condolences to the family and friends! ”, It is shown in the message sent by the editorial of Dilema magazine.
