Romania took hold of my heart in 2015 and since then has consumed my mind and soul. As with any genuine commitment, my relationship with this beautiful, complex country has grown and deepened over time as I have learned of its many tragedies, as well as its many triumphs. I have surrendered myself to Romania. [...] As I continue my Romanian journey, I marvel over the resiliency and fortitude of the people. I am fortunate to have developed close relationships, familial in many ways, with many Romanians. And I am eternally grateful to have been granted a Fulbright and honored to become part of this amazing community.
Fulbright Scholar Costică Brădățan Wins PROSE Award
Join us in congratulating Fulbright Scholar Costică Brădățan for winning the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Award in Philosophy for his latest book, In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility (Harvard University Press, 2023).
The PROSE (Professional and Scholarly Excellence) Awards recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by celebrating the authors, editors, and publishers whose landmark works have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study each year.
Costică Brădăţan is a Professor of Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Tech University and a Fulbright Scholar at University of Bucharest’s Center of Excellence in Image Studies (CESI).
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About the book
In Praise of Failure — Harvard University Press
“Bradatan, a philosopher, writes with elegance and wit, his every thought and sentence slipping smoothly into the next…I was absorbed by Bradatan’s book even―or especially―when I felt uncomfortable with its implications.”―Jennifer Szalai, New York Times
“Bradatan wears his erudition lightly. He is a pleasure to read, and his prose conveys a happy resilience in the face of life’s inevitable contradictions. His lessons in humility remind us that the pursuit of success is often motivated by the dread of failure―and that our attempts to create things are often driven by an avoidance of our mortality.”―Michael S. Roth, Washington Post
“Charming and brilliant…Bradatan transcends the pessimistic visions of Cioran and co, for it is clear that he believes in the possibility of spiritual progress once we have been sufficiently humbled by failure.”―Anna Katharina Schaffner, Times Literary Supplement