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Marin Preda

Died in 1980

Marin Preda was born on 5 August 1922 in Siliștea-Gumești, in Teleorman county, the son of the peasant Tudor Călărașu; he bore the name of his mother's first marriage. After teacher-training schools in Abrud, in Cristur-Odorhei and then in Bucharest, he became a proofreader at the newspaper Timpul and published there in 1942 his first story. From 1970 he directed the publishing house Cartea Românească, and in 1974 became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. He died on 16 May 1980 at the writers' house in Mogoșoaia.

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