Dumitru Radu Popescu


Dumitru Radu Popescu is a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and short story writer. He is a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union.
His 1973 novel Vînatoarea Regală was translated into English in 1988. His works have been described as "magical realism" and compared with those of Italo Calvino.

Biography

Born in Păuşa village, Nojorid, he attended the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj, but left before completing his studies. Later, he studied at Babeş-Bolyai University. He then worked as a reporter for the literary magazine ', from 1956 to 1969, and served as editor of ' 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.
He received the Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union on five occasions, 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, Romani a litterera, and a Russian one, Literatournaya Gazeta. For the Russians, his book was too dark about the life after the war

Works

Novels
Short story collections
Plays
Poems
Essays