F. Brunea-Fox (born Filip Brauner; January 18, 1898–June 12, 1977) was a

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n reporter, journalist and translator. Born into a

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family in

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, his parents were Simcha Brauner and Leia (''née'' Gelbert). He attended high school in

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, followed by one year at the

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. He made his debut in ''Versuri și proză'' magazine in 1915, writing under the pseudonym ''Pan''. He wrote surrealist poems and sketches for ''

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'' and ''Integral'', and his work also appeared in ''Absolutio'', ''Arena'', ''Zări senine'', ''75 H. P.'', ''Punct'', ''Adam'', ''Reporter'', ''Mântuirea'', ''Izbânda'', ''Jurnalul de dimineață'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Flacăra'', ''Magazinul'', ''Viața militară'', ''Contemporanul'', ''

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'', ''Veac nou'', ''Presa noastră'', ''La Roumanie d’aujourd’hui'' and ''Îndrumătorul cultural''. He was a correspondent for the

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-based ''Lasso'' and for a Japanese newspaper. A dedicated reporter, Brunea-Fox became known for his work published in ''Dimineața'', '' Adevărul'' and ''Jurnalul'', which appeared in book form as ''Orașul măcelului'' (1944), and posthumously as ''Reportajele mele. 1927- 1938'' (1979) and ''Memoria reportajului'' (1985). After the Coup of 1944 against the country's pro-Axis dictator, he edited ''Îndrumătorul cultural''. His pseudonym came from the newsreels of

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, which he enjoyed. Other names he used include ''Filip Brunea'', ''Fox'', ''Mac'' and ''Potomac''. ''Jurnalul rebeliunii'', a description of the January 1941

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, is among the few

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accounts published in immediate postwar Romania. Radu Ioanid, "Romania", in David S. Wyman, Charles H. Rosenzveig (eds.), ''The World Reacts to the Holocaust'', p. 238. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. He also published ''Porturi dunărene'' (1957) and ''Hârca piratului'' (1965). He helped shape a new style of literary reporting, which influenced the young Geo Bogza, as well as several writers who came to prominence in the 1970s. Writers whom he translated into Romanian include

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and

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. He died in Bucharest.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 222. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunea-Fox, F. 1898 births 1977 deaths People from Roman, Romania Jewish Romanian writers Moldavian Jews Romanian male poets Romanian surrealist writers Romanian journalists Romanian translators 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century translators 20th-century Romanian male writers 20th-century journalists