Marin Preda
Marin Preda (* August 5, 1922 in Silistea Gumeşti, county Teleorman; † 16 May 1980 Mogoşoaia, Ilfov County ) was a Romanian writer.
Life
He arrived in the Romanian province, the son of a farmer and grew up in a large family. In elementary school, he proved to be particularly bright, but she attended as usual, only up to seventh grade. He then attended - always under difficult economic conditions - secondary schools in Abrud and Cristuru Secuiesc. In 1940 he finally broke off to school and went to Bucharest, where he found a job as a proofreader for the newspaper Timpul. Here he had his first literary contacts with the circle around the writer Eugen Lovinescu. 1943-1945 he did his military service and then proofreader for the newspaper România Libera from 1952 editor of Viata Românească.
In 1948, he was able to publish his debut Întâlnirea din pământuri and in 1956 for the very successful novel Moromeţii (shadow on the plane) with the State Literature Prize (the novel was made into a movie in 1988 ). 1965 Preda Vice President of the Romanian Writers' Union and 1970 ( until his death ), head of the publishing Cartea Românească ( The Romanian Book). In 1975 he published with Delirul ( The great madness ) a historical novel by Ion Antonescu, who was very controversial because he lit the Romanian fascism, from the standpoint of the perpetrator from. Preda was also a member of the Grand National Assembly and Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences.
In 1980, the novel Cel mai iubit Dintre Pamanteni ( The most beloved of aliens ) out. The book was considered a harsh critique of the communist system and the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu, caused a great stir and was banned a few weeks after publication. The book had to be withdrawn from the market and away from all libraries. Shortly thereafter, the writer was found dead in home near Castle Mogoşoaia writer. Official cause of death was asphyxia, but the exact circumstances are unclear. The family is based on an entanglement of the Securitate in the event of death.