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Confessio (To the unknown god. Confession), Seuil, 1979
(ESPLA: Editura de Stat pentru Literatură si Arta, [Romanian] State Publishing House for Literature and Art, Bucharest)
Notes and References
- Web site: PETRU DUMITRIU, DE LA EST LA VEST ŞI ÎNAPOI . After school in Romania, Dumitriu studied philosophy at Munich University with a Humboldt scholarship, but his studies were interrupted in 1944 when Romania changed sides in the Second World War.
After becoming a member of the Romanian Writers' Union committee in 1950, he became editor-in-chief at Viaţa Românească in 1953.
In 1960, Dumitriu fled from Romania to West Berlin, moved to Frankfurt am Main and later to Bad Godesberg, Germany, finally settling in Metz, France.
He is a son of Petre and Theresia (von Debretzy) Dumitriu. He also served as chair of Romanian Council of Publishing Houses.
Achievements
Petru Dumitriu was a recipient of the Romanian Order of Labor.
Works
Connections
Petru Dumitriu was married twice: with Henriette Yvonne Stahl, a French-born Romanian writer 24 years his senior, in 1956 (they divorced after about one week), and the same year with Irina Medrea (divorced in 1988).
Petru Dumitriu Explained
Petru Dumitriu (pronounced as /ro/; 8 May 1924 - 6 April 2002) was a Romanian-born novelist who wrote both in Romanian and in French.
Biography
Dumitriu was born in Baziaș, in the Banat region of Romania. November 18, 1999. August 1, 2014.
Petru Dumitriu
Dumitriu was born in Baziaş.
May 8, 2012. August 1, 2014.
- Web site: Petru Dumitriu. August 1, 2014.
- Web site: Petru Dumitriu- in memoriam. He received the position of editor at S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt, Germany from 1963 for 4 years.
Background
Petru Dumitriu was born on the 8th of May 1924 in Bazias, Romania. His father was a Romanian army officer and his mother was Hungarian and spoke to her husband and son mostly in French, so that French was Petru Dumitriu's second language from childhood.
His father was a Romanian army officer and his mother was Hungarian and spoke to her husband and son mostly in French, so that French was Petru Dumitriu's second language from childhood.
Țarălungă. He did not return to Romania until 1996.
He was married twice: with Henriette Yvonne Stahl, a French-born Romanian writer 24 years his senior, in 1956 (they divorced after about one week), and the same year with Irina Medrea (divorced in 1988).
He had two daughters: Irene (born 1959) and Helene (born 1961)
Partial list of publications:
- Bijuterii de familie, ESPLA, 1949; English translation by Edward Hyams, Family Jewels, Collins, 1961
- Drum fără pulbere (Road without dust), ESPLA, 1951
- Cronică de la câmpie (Chronicle of the plain), ESPLA, 1955
- Pasărea furtunii (Storm Bird), ESPLA, 1957
- Cronica de familie (Family Chronicle), ESPLA, 1957 (chapter filmed as An Unforgettable Summer)
- Incognito, Seuil, 1962; English translation by Norman Denny, Collins, 1964
- L'Extreme Occident (The Far West), Seuil, 1964
- Le sourire sarde (The Sardinian Smile), Seuil, 1967
- L'homme aux yeux gris (The man with grey eyes), Seuil, 1968
- Rendez-vous au jugement dernier, Seuil, 1961; English translation by Richard Howard, Meeting at the last judgment, Pantheon, 1962
- Au dieu inconnu.
His father was a Romanian army officer and his mother was Hungarian and spoke to her husband and son mostly in French, so that French was Petru Dumitriu's second language from childhood. Confessio (To the unknown god.