![]() ![]() ![]() He was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1948. He was a teacher in Timișoara, and director of the National Theater Bucharest. In 1933, Petrescu wrote the novel Patul lui Procust ("The Bed of Procrustes"). Freed in 1918, he depicted his war experiences in his 1930 novel Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război ("Last Night of Love, First Night of War"). In 1916, Petrescu was drafted and sent to the battlefields of then raging World War I, where he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Austro-Hungarians. His antisemitism is controversial, having Jewish friends such as Mihail Sebastian. ![]() Being very poor, he studied assiduously, worked to support himself, and relatively late-at the age of 29-he began his studies in philosophy at the University of Bucharest. ![]() Petrescu went to primary school at Obor, and to high school at Saint Sava National College, where he wrote his very first poem. He lost both his parents early in life and was raised by a relative, or a nanny from the Moșilor suburb (the sources remain quite unclear on this). He marked the end of the traditional novel era and laid the foundation of the modern novel era in Romania. "Last night of love, first night of war" (novel published in 1930)Ĭamil Petrescu ( Romanian pronunciation: 9/21 April 1894 – ) was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet. ![]()
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