Răzvan Rădulescu (; born October 23, 1969) is a

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n novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ''The Life and Deeds of Elijah Cazane'', won the

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prize for best

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. His second novel, ''Theodosius the Small'', received the

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. Rădulescu was born in Bucharest. As a screenwriter, he has collaborated with numerous Romanian directors including

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/ref> He has written numerous screenplays, including Goods and Money (2001) and ''Niki Ardelean, Colonel in Reserve'' (2001), ''Feed for Small Fry'' (2004), ''Offset'' (2004), ''The Death of Mr Lazarescu'' (2005), which were co-written with Puiu, and ''The Paper Will Be Blue'' (2005), written in collaboration with Baicu and Muntean. Rădulescu studied at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and the Music Academy in Bucharest. His literary debut was a in a group anthology entitled ''Family Portrait'' (1995).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Radulescu, Razvan 1969 births Romanian novelists Romanian male novelists Living people National University of Music Bucharest alumni Writers from Bucharest Academic staff of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design