Radu Tudoran (; born Nicolae Bogza; March 8, 1910 – November 18, 1992) was a popular

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n novelist. He was born Nicolae Bogza in Blejoi,

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, the younger brother of

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, and son of . After graduating from the military high school at

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in 1930, and the

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from

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in 1932, he served as an officer in the

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until 1938. Afterwards he dedicated himself to writing novels, such as ' (1954), ' (1941), ''Dunărea revărsată'' (1961), ''Flăcări'' (1945), and ''Întoarcerea fiului risipitor'' (1947). He also translated books from French and Russian. He died of heart disease brought by arteriosclerosis at Fundeni Hospital, în

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. Streets in

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and

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are named after him; middle schools in Blejoi and

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also bear his name.

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Radu Tudoran Biography
1910 births 1992 deaths People from Blejoi Romanian male novelists Romanian children's writers Romanian translators Romanian Land Forces officers 20th-century translators 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Romanian male writers Deaths from arteriosclerosis {{Romania-writer-stub