Isac Ludo (1894–1973) was a Romanian writer and political figure.
Born into a
Jewish-Romanian family, Ludo was active in
left-wing
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literary circles prior to
World War II
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. After the
Communist take-over in 1947, he rose to important positions in the régime's
censorship office.
Prior to 1965, he published a series of novels — ''Domnul general guvernează'' ("The General Rules"), ''Starea de asediu'' ("State of Siege"), ''Regele Palaelibus'' ("King Palaelibus"), ''Salvatorul'' ("The Saver"), ''Ultimul batalion'' ("The Last Battalion") — which constituted a
satirical panorama of political life in
Greater Romania
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.
Ludo also published translations into
Romanian
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from the
Yiddish language
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writer
Scholem Aleichem.
Romanian censors
Writers from Iași
Jewish Romanian writers
Jewish socialists
Romanian male novelists
Romanian socialists
Romanian translators
1894 births
1973 deaths
20th-century Romanian novelists
20th-century translators
20th-century Romanian male writers
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