Dinu Săraru (30 January 1932 – 2 March 2024) was a

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n novelist and playwright.

Biography

Dinu Săraru was born in Slătioara,

Vâlcea County Vâlcea County (also spelt ''Vîlcea''; ) is a county (județ) that lies in south-central Romania. Located in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (which are separated by the Olt (river), Olt River), it i ...

. A member of

Writers' Union of Romania The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by takin ...

, he belonged to the Central Committee of the

Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party ( ; PCR) was a communist party in Romania. The successor to the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave an ideological endorsement to a communist revolution that would replace the social system ...

prior to 1989, and headed Teatrul Mic and Teatrul Foarte Mic from 1977 to 1990. After the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...

of 1989 and the fall of the

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state in which the totality of the power belongs to a party adhering to some form of Marxism–Leninism, a branch of the communist ideology. Marxism–Leninism was ...

, he served as chairman of the

National Theatre Bucharest The National Theatre Bucharest () is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest. Founding It was founded as the ''Teatrul cel Mare din București'' ("Grand Theatre of Bucharest") in 1852, its first director ...

, being appointed in 2001 and resigning in 2004. He claimed that his work during the communist regime had not been for the purpose of glorifying dictator

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...

, but rather included subtle dissident themes. Săraru died on 2 March 2024, at the age of 92.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sararu, Dinu 1932 births 2024 deaths People from Vâlcea County Romanian novelists Romanian male novelists Romanian dramatists and playwrights Chairpersons of the National Theatre Bucharest Romanian male dramatists and playwrights Romanian Communist Party politicians