Mihail Davidoglu (November 11, 1910 – August 17, 1987) was a

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n playwright. Born into a

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family in

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, his parents were Mihail Davidoglu, a port worker, and his wife Clara (''née'' Kochen). He attended the Israelite Community High School in

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, graduating in 1929, and the literature and philosophy faculty of the

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, which he completed in 1932. He was a Latin teacher (1932–1941), a bureaucrat within the Arts Ministry (1945–1948), president of the culture committee in

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's Sector 1, and held various positions within the

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. His literary debut was the 1936

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''Marinarul smirniot''; his first success was ''Omul din Ceatal'', written in 1943 and staged in 1947. Other plays included ''Minerii'' (1949, ''Cetatea de foc'' (1950), ''Horia'' (1955), ''Ochii dragi ai bunicului'' (1970), ''Străbunul'' (1971), ''Platforma magică'' (1973), ''Cele trei Marii din vale'', ''Noi, cei din vale'', ''Din pragul veșniciei'' (1983) and ''Suflete în furtună'' (1986). Under the

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, he won the

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's prize in 1949, the State Prize in 1950 and 1953 and the Bucharest Writers' Association Prize in 1983.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 460. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidoglu, Mihail 1910 births 1987 deaths People from Hârlău Jewish Romanian writers University of Bucharest alumni Romanian dramatists and playwrights Romanian schoolteachers Romanian civil servants Burials at Bellu Cemetery