Leon M. Negruzzi (August 17, 1899–October 6, 1987) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. Born in the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt, his parents were Mihail L. Negruzzi, a general in the Romanian Army, and his wife Lucia (''née'' Miclescu). His great-grandfather was

Constantin Negruzzi Constantin Negruzzi (; first name often Costache ; 1808–24 August 1868) was a Romanian poet, novelist, translator, playwright, and politician. Born in Trifești, Iași, Trifeștii Vechi, Moldavia, he studied at home with a Greek teacher. He ad ...

, while

Iacob Negruzzi Iacob C. Negruzzi (December 31, 1842 – January 6, 1932) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and prose writer. Born in Iași, he was the son of Constantin Negruzzi and his wife Maria (''née'' Gane). Living in Berlin between 1853 and 1863, he at ...

was his great-uncle. In 1916, he graduated from the

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. Following World War I, he obtained a degree from the law faculty of

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. He settled in France in 1925, and worked at Éditions Albin Michel. Following World War II and the onset of a communist regime in his native country, he was active in informing the Western public about he situation in Soviet-occupied Romania. In February 1952, he presented a ''Mémorandum des refugiés roumains adressé a l’Organisation des Nations Unies'' to the United Nations General Assembly; the document was signed by a number of Romanian writers, including

Aron Cotruș Aron Cotruș (; 2 January 1891 – 1 November 1961) was a Romanian poet, diplomat, and member of the fascist Iron Guard. Life He was born in 1891 in Hașag, Sibiu County, at the time in Austria-Hungary. After attending secondary school in Blaj ...

, Mircea Eliade,

Claudiu Isopescu Claudiu Isopescu ( – April 1, 1956) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian literary historian and translator. Born into a well-read family Frătăuții Vechi, in the Bukovina region of Austria-Hungary, he graduated from the Greek Orthodox ...

and Eugen Lozovan. Negruzzi published travel accounts, novels and poems. His prose was Voltairesque and he observed humankind without illusions. He also translated Romanian novels into French. He died in Paris.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 209. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Negruzzi, Leon M. 1899 births 1987 deaths People from Wiener Neustadt Romanian emigrants to France Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Romanian travel writers Romanian translators Romanian writers in French Romanian anti-communists 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century translators