Marin Preda

Marin Preda was a Romanian writer, publisher, translator and editor (1922–1980). He was born at Siliștea Gumești and died at Mogoșoaia.

Marin Preda in brief

Born
1922
Died
1980
Known for
writer, publisher, translator and editor
Place of birth
Siliștea Gumești
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Identity and origins

His recorded language was Romanian. His recorded confession was orthodoxy.

He married Aurora Cornu. Other recorded relations include Sorin Preda.

Catalogued works

32 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

The Earth's Most Beloved Son. Moromeții. Viaţa ca o pradă. Moromeții I. Moromeții II. Morome?tii. Der grosse Wahnsinn. Les moromete. L'horizon bleu de la mort. Cel mai iubit dintre pamanteni vol. 2. Risipitorii. Delirul. Cel mai iubit dintre pamanteni. Morometii. Jurnal intim. Întălnirea din Pământuri. Viața ca o pradă. Marele singuratic. Amintirea unui plîns. Creație și morală. In a village. Scrisori către Aurora. Timpul n-a mai avut răbdare. Albastra zare a morții. Cel mai iubit dintre pămînteni. Imposibila întoarcere. Intrusul. Scrieri de tinerețe. Moromeții. Întîlnirea din pămînturi. Marin Preda. Two hunters direct the reckoning up of their quarry of waterfowl; the gamekeeper lists them in a notebook; and a boy separates out the birds. Line engraving by M. Pitteri after P. Longhi., dated 1760-1769, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

21 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Timpul n-a mai avut rǎbdare: Marin Preda, World Literature Today, 1982. Preda, Marin, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Preda, Marin: Moromeţii, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Preda, Marin: Viaţa ca o pradă, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Poses of laughter and its artistic valences in the novel Moromeții by Marin Preda, FILOLOGIA MODERNĂ: REALIZĂRI ŞI PERSPECTIVE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN, 2023. Irradiation and measurement devices and methods development for LSNAA applications at the TRIGA-ACPR core, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2012. In a village : a story, 1955. Safe operation of triga reactor in the situation of leu-heu core conversion, 1999. Viaţa ca o pradă, 1977. Test of the Inner Tracker Silicon Microstrip Modules, 2009. on CMS information server CMS NOTE-2009 / 001 The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment, 2009. 2 0 0 9 J I N S T 4 P 0 6 0 0 9, 2009. 2 0 0 9 J I N S T 4 T 0 7 0 0 1, 2009. Instances of fame in postmodern fictional works an analysis based on Philip Roth’s and Marin Preda’s novels, Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 2023. Marin Preda – from debut to celebrity, Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2023. Nuanţele tipologiilor umane în proza scurtă a lui Marin Preda, Nicolae Velea şi George Bălăiţă, Revista de Istorie și Teorie Literară, 2014. Manifestations de la mort dans deux recueils de nouvelles : « L’horizon bleu de la mort » de Marin Preda et « Geotenn ar Werhez » de Jakez Rioù, Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2014. Cronologia vieții literare românești (1993–1996): romanul Moromeţii, Revista de Istorie și Teorie Literară, 2015. Determining the Relationship of Combined Motor Skills: Speed – Strength – Agility in 11–12-Year-Old Students, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series IX Sciences of Human Kinetics, 2025. Dicţionarul general al literaturii române – enciclopedie a literaturii și culturii naționale, Revista de Istorie și Teorie Literară, 2019. Pamfil Şeicaru’s Literary Portrait, Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

CEL MAI IUBIT DINTRE PĂMÎNTENI (1980) — Internet Archive. 0337 Întîlnirea din Pămînturi * Desfășurarea (1966) — Internet Archive. 0611 0612 Moromeții vol II și III (1970) — Internet Archive. 0705 0706 Risipitorii vol I și II (1972) — Internet Archive. Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Pamanteni Marin Preda (1980) — Internet Archive. 0045 Moromeții Vol I (1970) — Internet Archive. 0970 0971 Marele singuratic vol I și II (1978) — Internet Archive. Delirul - Marin Preda — Internet Archive. r 0045 Moromeții (2022) — Internet Archive. Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Paminteni (1984) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1922Marin Preda born at Siliștea Gumești.
  2. 19660337 Întîlnirea din Pămînturi * Desfășurarea digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 19700045 Moromeții Vol I digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 19700611 0612 Moromeții vol II și III digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 19720705 0706 Risipitorii vol I și II digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 19780970 0971 Marele singuratic vol I și II digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1980Marin Preda died at Mogoșoaia.
  8. 1980CEL MAI IUBIT DINTRE PĂMÎNTENI digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1980Cel Mai Iubit Dintre Pamanteni Marin Preda digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Marin Preda (Internet Archive), 29 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Poses of laughter and its artistic valences in the novel Moromeții by Marin Preda, FILOLOGIA MODERNĂ: REALIZĂRI ŞI PERSPECTIVE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Preda, Marin, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Preda, Marin: Moromeţii, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Preda, Marin: Viaţa ca o pradă, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Timpul n-a mai avut rǎbdare: Marin Preda, World Literature Today, 1982

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 8 articles naming Marin Preda.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 10 digitised items catalogued under Marin Preda as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Marin Preda.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Marin Preda.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1360145: Marin Preda

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Marin Preda”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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