Maitreyi Devi Si Mircea Eliade
Over forty years passed before devi read bengal nights eliade s fictionalized account of their romance it does not die is devi s response.
Maitreyi devi si mircea eliade. Her 1974 novel na hanyate english title it does not die. El ortodox ea hindusa. Although he is named alain in the book the story is real and eliade copies from his own journals. The real life maitreyi learns about the book years later and learns about what the book tells even later than that.
She was the basis for the main character in romanian born writer mircea eliade s 1933 novel la nuit bengali bengal nights. Nascut in 13 martie 1907 la bucuresti mircea eliade a intalnit o pe maitreyi devi in india cand el avea 23 de ani si ea doar 16. A romance was written as a response to bengal nights and maitreyi devi described the romance and the cultural tensions resulted from it.
S au reintalnit la chicago in 1973 foto. Maitreyi is a memoir about the love between mircea eliade and an indian girl named well maitreyi. Povestea lor de dragoste s a sfarsit brusc cei doi tineri fiind despartiti de familia fetei.