Pericle Martinescu (; February 11, 1911 in Viişoara,

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– December 24, 2005,

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) was a Romanian writer and journalist. Martinescu studied literature and philosophy at the

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. His first poems appeared in ''

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'', a local magazine. As a student he contributed to ''Vremea'', ''

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'', ''Revista Fundaţiilor Regale'', ''Viaţa Literară'', ''Meşterul Manole'' and ''Dacia Rediviva''. His first novel, ''Adolescenţii din Braşov'' ("The Braşov Teenagers"), was published in 1936. He also translated numerous works of foreign literature, including

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. He was, perhaps, one of the earliest followers of

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Published works

* ''Sunt frate cu un fir de iarbă'' 1941 (poems in prose) * ''Costache Negri'' 1966 (monograph) * ''Retrospecţii literare'' 1973 (essays) * ''Umbre pe pânza vremii'' 1985 (memoirs) * ''Excursie în Ciclade'' 1996 (travel account)

References

* Pericle Martinescu, ''7 ani cît 70 (Diary 1948 - 1954)'', Editura Vitruviu, 1997, Bucharest.
''Gândul'' daily newspaper article about Pericle Martinescu's death.
People from Constanța County Romanian essayists Romanian male novelists Romanian travel writers 1911 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Romanian novelists Male essayists 20th-century essayists 20th-century Romanian male writers {{Romania-journalist-stub