Dumitru Radu Popescu

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D.R. Popescu (c.1985)

Dumitru Radu Popescu (Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitruˈradupoˈpesku] ; 19 August 1935 – 2 January 2023) was a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and short story writer. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union.

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His 1973 novel Vînatoarea Regală ("The Royal Hunt") was translated into English in 1988. His works have been described as "magical realism" and compared with those of Italo Calvino.

Biography

Born in Păușa village, Nojorid (Bihor County), he attended the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj, but left before completing his studies. Later, he studied at Babeș-Bolyai University (Faculty of Philology). He then worked as a reporter for the literary magazine Steaua  [ ro ], from 1956 to 1969, and served as editor of Tribuna  [ ro ] magazine, from 1969 to 1982. From 1982 he was editor-in-chief of Contemporanul . Since 2006, he has been the General Manager of the Romanian Academy's publishing house.

Popescu received the Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union on five occasions (in 1964, 1969, 1974, 1977, and 1980), and the Prize of the Romanian Academy in 1970.

In addition to his literary activities, beginning in 1968, he was a substitute member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party and was elected to the Great National Assembly in 1975. From 1979 to 1989, he was a full member of the committee.

In 1983, one of his books was in the middle of a fight between a Romanian review, România Literară , and a Russian one, Literaturnaya Gazeta . For the Russians, his book about life after the war was too dark. [1]

Death

Popescu died in Bucharest on 2 January 2023, at the age of 87 [2] and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery, by the Writers' Alley. [3]

Works

Novels

Short story collections

Plays

Poems

Essays

Further reading

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References

  1. "Une Revue Roumaine Polémique Avec Un Journal Soviétique". Le Monde (in French). May 14, 1983.
  2. Lăcătuș, Daniel (2023-01-02). "Dumitru Radu Popescu a murit la vârsta de 87 ani" [Dumitru Radu Popescu died at the age of 87]. infocultural.eu (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. Sârbu, Marinela (January 3, 2023). "Când și unde va fi înmormântat Dumitru Radu Popescu. Fiul scriitorului a făcut anunțul" [When and where will Dumitru Radu Popescu be buried. The writer's son made the announcement]. Gândul (in Romanian). Retrieved September 24, 2023.