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Mircea Sântimbreanu
Mircea Sântimbreanu (January 7, 1926 – August 19, 1999) was a Romanian writer, journalist, screenwriter and film producer. Sântimbreanu was the director of the publishing house Albatros, and is best remembered as a writer of children's literature. The literary magazine ''Observator Cultural'' listed Sântimbreanu as one of the leading writers of children's literature in Romania, among others such as Dumitru Almaș, Călin Gruia, Gica Iuteș, Octav Pancu-Iași, and Ovidiu Zotta. Selected works * ''Cu și fără ghiozdan'' (1956), * ''Extemporale și... alte lucrări scrise'' (1963), * ''Lângă groapa cu furnici'' (1964), * ''Recreația mare'' (1965), reeditare Editura Herra, 2009 * ''32 de premianți'' (1980) * ''Să stăm de vorbă fără catalog'' (1980) * ''Mama mamuților mahmuri'' (1980) * ''Pescuitul de la A la Z – ghidul pescarului sportiv'', Editura Venus, 1995 * ''Să stăm de vorbă fără catalog'', Editura Herra, 2009 References Romanian male writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumitru Almaș
Dumitru Almaș (; pen name of Dumitru Ailincăi ; October 19, 1908 – March 12, 1995) was a Romanian journalist, novelist, historian, writer and professor. His prolific output included children's literature, historical novels and textbooks. He was honored by both the Romanian Writers' Society and the subsequent Writers' Union of Romania. He also served as a member of the board of Society for Historical Sciences of Romania. Biography Dumitru Almaș (pseudonym of Dumitru Ailincăi) was born in 1908 to Ion and Mariei Ailincăi (née Cojocaru) in Negrești, Neamț County, Romania. He attended "Petru Rares" High School and graduated in 1928. In 1933, he obtained multiple degrees, from the University of Bucharest for philosophy, history, and geography. Almaș served as a professor at the high schools in Siliştea and Călăraşi from 1938 to 1939 and then returned to his alma mater, "Petru Rares" in Piatra Neamț, where he taught from 1943 to 1949. During this time frame, he also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călin Gruia
Călin Gruia (; born Chiril Gurduz ; March 21, 1915 – July 9, 1989) was a Romanian writer, author mainly of children's fairy tales and poems. Born in Trifești, Orhei County, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, from 1918 to 1940 a part of Greater Romania and today in Moldova, his parents were the peasants Vartolomeu and Alexandrina (''née'' Galbură). He graduated from the normal school in Orhei in 1936 and from the reserve officers' school the following year. Between 1937 and 1939, he was a teacher in Tvardița, Tighina County, and in Umbrărești, Tecuci County. He performed his military service in 1939–1940, fought on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1940 to 1944 and was one of the Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1948. Between 1951 and 1969, he edited the children's programs at Radioteleviziunea Română.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 699. Pitești: Editura Paralela 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octav Pancu-Iași
Octav Pancu-Iași (14 April 1929 – 16 April 1975) was a leading Romanian novelist and children's writer. Born Octav Pancu, he later added the name of his hometown to his surname. Biography The son of Basil Pancu, a civil servant, he attended schools in Iași and Bucharest. He worked as an editor for Romanian Radio (1947–58), in film (1959–62) and with the Cutezatorii magazine (1967–69). His writing career started in 1949 with a volume of poetry ''Timpul sta pe loc?'' (Does Time Stand Still?). He published two novels: (The Sea Battle of the Little Pond, 1953) and ''Cartea cu ochi albastri'' (Book with Blue Eyes, 1959) and wrote many stories for children. He also wrote the screenplays ''Vara romantică'' (Romantic Summer, 1961), ''Tată de duminică'' (Sunday Father, 1975) and ''Singurătatea florilor'' (Flowers of Loneliness, 1976). Pancu-Iași's works have been translated into several languages, especially German and Czech but not English. The literary magazine ''Observator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu Zotta
Ovidiu Zotta (1935–1996) was a Romanian writer of children's stories and an editor, scriptwriter and comic strip designer. In the late 1960s he created a character, "Dim Dunăreanu" who was a superhero for children and has been called the "Romanian James Bond". Zotta wrote under a pseudonym, Sandu Alexandru, often simultaneously with his given name. Biography Ovidiu Zotta was born on 30 May 1935. In 1948 comic book publications in Romania ceased and a ban prevailed until the early 1960s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s a new genre of children's magazines emerged in such publications as ''Cravata roşie'', ''Cutezătorii'', and ''Luminiţa''. The magazines were censored, but publication of comics soon soared. Zotta began drawing comics during this period as well as writing scripts. In 1967, using his pseudonym Sandu Alexandru, Zotta created a serial strip ''Aventurile lui Manolică'', drawn by Bursch, along with the strip ''Vacanţele unui tânăr liniştit'' collaborating with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Male Writers
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Romanian Screenwriters
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1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Deaths
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Romanian Children's Writers
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