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b. 1922 d.
1980
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1960 |
1960-1961
he reads the great novelists of the world. He is fascinated by William
Faulkner. |
| 1965 |
Marin Preda
translates A. Camus' The Plague. |
| 1922 |
On 5
August Marin Preda is born in Silistea Gumesti, Teleorman. He
attends primary school in his native village. |
1968 |
Marin
Preda is elected vice-president of the Union of Writers. |
| 1937 |
In September
his father sends him to school in Abrud, and then he will go to
Cristur-Odorhei. |
1970 |
He
is named manager of the Cartea Românească Publishing House. |
| 1940 |
The
school he was attending closes and Marin Preda is moved to Bucharest. |
1970 |
Together with
Niculae Gane he translates Feodor Dostoievski's novel entitled The
Demons. |
| 1941 |
Finishing
school he does not return to his native village, and he is
proof-reader at Timpul. |
1971 |
Marin Preda's
novel The Great Lonely One is awarded the Union of the Writers'
prize. |
| 1943 |
Between
1943 and 1945 Mircea Eliade is in the army. He will use
this experience in his later works. |
1974 |
He is elected
as correspondent member of the Romanian Academy. |
| 1945 |
He
is proof-reader at România liberă (Free Romania) |
1976 |
The novel The
Great Lonely One appears in its second edition. |
| 1952 |
He
is an editor at the cultural newspaper Viata Românească. |
1977 |
Marin Preda
publishes Life as a Prey, an ample novel about the crystallizing
of an artist's consciousness. |
| 1956 |
Marin
Preda receives the State Prize for his novel Morometii. |
1980 |
Preda's last
novel, The Most Beloved of Earthmen is published. |
| 1957 |
Marin
Preda makes a trip to Vietnam. Returning home, he makes a stop at
Pekin. |
1980 |
On 16 May,
Marin Preda dies under strange circumstances. |
