Mihai Beniuc (; 20 November 1907 – 24 June 1988) was a

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poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was born in 1907 in

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(at the time in

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), and attended the Moise Nicoară High School in Arad. In 1931 he graduated from the University of Cluj, majoring in psychology, philosophy and sociology. This was reflected in his writing, particularly in his novels. At the end of World War II, he joined the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Cluj. Beniuc was the President of the

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and, from 1955, a titular member of the Romanian Academy. After 1965 he became a professor at the

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. He died in 1988 in

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, and is buried at the city's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.

Selected works

Plays

* ''Cântece de pierzanie'', 1938 * ''Cântece noi'', 1943 * ''Orașul pierdut'', 1943 * ''Un om așteaptă răsăritul'', 1946 * ''Mărul de lângă drum'', 1954 * ''Steaguri'', 1951 * ''Cântec pentru tovarășul Gheorghiu-Dej'', 1951 * ''Partidul m-a învățat'', 1954 * ''Trăinicie'', 1956 * ''Azimă'', 1956 * ''Inima bătrînului Vezuv'', 1957 * ''Cu un ceas mai devreme'', 1959

Novels

* ''Pe muche de cuțit'', 1959 * ''Dispariția unui om de rând'', 1963 * ''Explozie înăbușită'', 1971

External links

Mihai Beniuc

Cercul poeţilor dispăruţi – Mihai Beniuc

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