Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. August 19, 1935) is a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, short story writer, and formerly communist politician. A former member of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party (1979-1980), he is a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Central Committee most commonly refers to the central executive unit of a communist party, whether ruling or non-ruling. ... PCR hammer and sickle symbol The Romanian Communist Party (Romanian: Partidul Comunist Român, PCR) was a Communist political party in Romania. ... The Romanian Academy (Romanian: Academia Română) is a cultural forum founded in Romania in 1866. ...

His 1973 novel Vînatoarea Regală ("The Royal Hunt") was translated into English in 1988.

Biography

Born in Păuşa village, Nojorid (Bihor County), he attended the Cluj University of Medicine and the University of Cluj's Faculty of Philology. Popescu then worked as a reporter for the literary magazine Steaua from 1956 to 1969, and then as editor of Tribuna magazine, from 1969 to 1982. From 1982 he was editor in chief of Contemporanul. Nojorid (Hungarian: Nagyürögd) is a large commune located in Bihor county, western Romania. ... Bihor (IPA: ), in Hungarian: Bihar (IPA: ), is a county (judeÅ£) of Romania, in CriÅŸana, with capital city at Oradea. ... Map of Romania showing Cluj_Napoca Cluj_Napoca (Hungarian: Kolozsvár, German: Klausenburg, Latin: Claudiopolis), the seat of Cluj county, is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in Romania. ... Iuliu HaÅ£ieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy is the continuation of the Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty, founded in 1919 at Cluj, as part of Cluj University. ... The BabeÅŸ-Bolyai University (UBB - Universitatea BabeÅŸ-Bolyai), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is the largest university in the country. ...

He 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.

Works

Novels

• Zilele Saptămânii ("Weekdays", 1959)
• Vara Oltenilor ("The Oltenians' Summer", 1964)
• Vînatoarea Regală ("The Royal Hunt", 1973) ISBN 0704300443
• O bere pentru calul meu ("A Beer for my Horse", 1974)
• Ploile de Dincolo de Vreme ("Rains Beyond Time", 1976)
• Împaratul Norilor ("Emperor of the Clouds", 1976)

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Short story collections

• Fuga ("Flight", 1958)
• Fata de la Miazăzi ("A Girl from the South", 1964)
• Somnul Pamîntului ("The Earth's Sleep", 1965)
• Dor ("Longing", 1966)
• Umbrela de Soare ("Parasol", 1967)
• Prea mic pentru un război aşa de mare ("Too Little for Such a Big War", 1969)
• Duios Anastasia trecea ("Tenderly Anastasia Passed", 1967)
• Leul Albastru ("The Blue Lion", 1981)

Plays

• Vara imposibilei iubiri ("The Summer of Impossible Love", 1966)
• Vis ("Dream", 1968)
• Aceşti îngeri trişti ("Those Sad Angels", 1969)
• Pisica în noaptea Anului Nou ("Cat on New Year's Eve", 1970)
• Pasărea Shakespeare ("The Shakespeare Bird", 1973)
• Rezervaţia de pelicani ("The Pelican Reservation", 1983)
• Iepurele şchiop ("The Lame Rabbit", 1980)
• Oraşul îngerilor ("The Angels' City", 1985)

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Poems

• Câinele de Fosfor ("The Phosphorus Dog", 1981)

Essays

• Virgule ("Commas", 1978)

External links

• Information at Romania Online