Transylvania and literature as a land of mystery and magic. For example, in Paulo Coelho's novel "The Witch of Portobello", the main character, Sherine Khalil, is described as a Transylvanian orphan with a Romani mother, in an effort to add to the character's exotic mystique. The so-called Transylvanian trilogy of historical novels by Miklos Banffy, "The Writing on the Wall", is an extended treatment of the 19th- and early 20th-century social and political history of the country. Among the first actors to portray Dracula in film was Bela Lugosi, who was born in Banat, in present-day Romania. Transylvania Transylvania is a
The Transylvania Times been in the Anderson family ever since and today is published by Stella Anderson Trapp. The Transylvania Times has won numerous writing, advertising and photography awards from the North Carolina Press Association and the National Newspaper Association. The Transylvania Times The Transylvania Times is a bi-weekly newspaper in Transylvania County, North Carolina in the United States, and its surrounding area. The paper was founded in 1887, and is family-owned and operated. It provides news coverage for Brevard, Pisgah Forest, Rosman, and Lake Toxaway, as well as the townships of Cathey’s Creek, Dunn’s Rock, Eastatoe, Gloucester, Hogback and Little River. The