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Marin Preda (5 August 1922-16 May 1980) was a Romanian novelist, often considered the best post-WWII Romanian novelist. He was born in the Siliştea-Gumeşti village, Teleorman county in a family of peasants. He studied at the school of his native village, then at Abrud and Cristur-Odorhei. He moves to Bucharest in 1940 and becomes a proofreader at the Timpul ("Times") magazine. He writes his first novella "Calul" (The Horse) in 1942 and reads it to the Sburătorul literary circle of Eugen Lovinescu. This was included in his debut volume of 1948 Īntālnirea din pămānturi. ("The Encounter from the Lands") Between 1943 and 1945 he served in army, this being an inspiration for his later works. In 1945 he is a proofreader at the Romānia liberă (Free Romania) newspaper, and from 1952 he's an editor at the cultural magazine Viaţa Romānească (Romanian Life). His Moromeţii novel is awarded the State Literature Prize in 1956. In 1965, he becomes vice-president of the "Uniunea Scriitorilor" (Writers' Union) and in 1970 the director the "Cartea Romānească" publishing house, keeping this job until his death. He became a member of the Romanian Academy in 1974 On 16 May 1980 he dies in suspect circumstances, suffocated with a pillow at the Writers' Mansion of the Mogosoaia Palace. His brother, Saie believes that he was executated at the Securitate's order, but the dossier regarding this dissapeared from the Securitate's archive. Works
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