WRITER

Marin Preda

1922 - 1980

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Marin Preda (Romanian pronunciation: [maˈrin ˈpreda]; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County], Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească publishing house. He is considered by some to be the most important novelist in post-World War II Romanian literature. However, he has also garnered an ambivalent perception in post-socialist Romania: Preda's final novel, Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni ("The Most Beloved of Earthlings"), published just a couple of months before his death, is a daring critique of the beginnings of communism in Romania; in contrast, Preda was well-regarded by party leaders and received high distinctions in socialist Romania, and did not position himself as an open opponent of the regime. At the time of his death, Marin Preda was a member of the Great National Assembly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marin Preda is the 5,104th most popular writer (down from 5,078th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Romania (down from 388th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among writers, Marin Preda ranks 5,104 out of 7,302. Before him are João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Larry McMurtry, Chris Van Allsburg, Jens Bjørneboe, Júlia Szendrey, and Ben Bova. After him are Claudio Williman, Mochtar Lubis, Ferdinand von Saar, Sarah Kirsch, Duygu Asena, and Jacques Jasmin.

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Among people born in 1922, Marin Preda ranks 318. Before him are Rui Campos, Janis Paige, Jacques Lataste, Luis Aponte Martínez, Sid Caesar, and Mariya Polivanova. After him are Mochtar Lubis, José Luis Panizo, Alfred G. Knudson, Edwin Vásquez, Eevi Huttunen, and Jack Kruschen. Among people deceased in 1980, Marin Preda ranks 234. Before him are Anna Jantar, László Szollás, Isabel Briggs Myers, Uttam Kumar, Willi Forst, and Nils Skoglund. After him are Adolph Deutsch, Nikos Xilouris, Joseph Banks Rhine, James Smith McDonnell, Muriel Freeman, and Wilhelmina Cooper.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Marin Preda ranks 394 out of 844. Before him are Sándor Gellér (1925), Constantin Stanciu (1911), Florea Dumitrache (1948), Dimitar Petkov (1858), Viorel Moldovan (1972), and Gheorghe Mureșan (1971). After him are Simona Halep (1991), Iosif Czako (1906), Atanase Sciotnic (1942), Ion Andreescu (1850), Valeria Bufanu (1946), and Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Marin Preda ranks 48. Before him are Andrei Mureșanu (1816), Gáspár Heltai (1510), C. A. Rosetti (1816), Marin Sorescu (1936), Oskar Pastior (1927), and George Călinescu (1899). After him are Richard Wagner (1952), László Németh (1901), Ádám Bodor (1936), Ion Agârbiceanu (1882), Dan Pagis (1930), and Miklós Jósika (1794).

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