Florin Mugur
Appearance
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Florin Mugur (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin ˈmuɡur]), born as Legrel Mugur on 7 February 1934 in Bucharest, Romania, was a Romanian-Jewish poet, essayist, editor, and prose writer.
Mugur had his literary debut at the age of 13 and published his first book at the age of 19.[1] He was one of the editors of the Cartea Românească publishing house and deputy editor-in-chief of Argeș magazine. Additionally, he was a close friend of Norman Manea.
Feeling lonely after his beloved wife Iulia's premature death and battling illness, he committed suicide on 9 February 1991.
Works
[edit]- "Visele de dimineață" (The Morning Dreams),
- "Mituri" (Myths)
- "Piatra palidă" (The Pale Stone)- for which he received the Romanian Writers' Union Prize)
- "Aproape noiembrie" (Almost November)
- "Convorbiri cu Marin Preda" (Talking With Marin Preda)
- "Profesiunea de scriitor" (Being a Writer)
- "Ultima vară a lui Antim" (Antim's Last Summer)
- "Scrisori la capătul zilelor" (Letters at The End of The Days)
- "Vârstele raţiunii" (The Ages of Ration)
- "Dansul cu cartea" (The Dance With The Book)
- "Viaţa obligatorie" (The Obligatory Life)
- "Portretul unui necunoscut" (The Portrait of a Stranger)
- "Firea lucrurilor" (The Way Things Are)
- "Schiţe despre fericire" (Short Stories About Happiness)
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
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