Petru Dumitriu

Background

Petru Dumitriu was born on the 8th of May 1924 in Bazias, Romania. He is a son of Petre and Theresia (von Debretzy) Dumitriu. 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.

Education

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.

Career

Petru Dumitriu worked as a chief editor during the years 1953-1955 at Viata Romaneasca (literary magazine) in Romania, in 1955 he became a manager of State Publishing House for Literature and Art and he has held this position till 1958. He received the position of editor at S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt, Germany from 1963 for 4 years. He also served as chair of Romanian Council of Publishing Houses.

Achievements

• Petru Dumitriu was a recipient of the Romanian Order of Labor.

Works

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  • MEETING AT THE LAST JUDGMENT [NOVEL BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A MAN'S ESCAPE FROM A COMMUNIST STATE] 1962
  • Incognito 1964
  • The extreme Occident 1966
  • To the unknown God 1982
  • The Sardinian Smile 1968
  • Family jewels 1961
  • The prodigals 1963

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). He had two daughters: Irene (born 1959) and Helene (born 1961).

Father:

Petre Dumitriu

Mother:

Theresia Dumitriu

1st wife:

Henriette Yvonne Stahl

2nd wife:

Irina Medrea

Daughter:

Irene

Daughter:

Helene