Dumitru Radu Popa

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Dumitru Radu Popa

Dumitru Radu Popa (born October 26, 1949) is a Romanian-born writer, essayist, translator and literary critic who lives in the USA.

In USA

In 1985, he defected to the USA, asking for political asylum.[1]

In Romania

Education

Books

Accidental Tourist on the New Frontier: An Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research (with Jeanne Rehberg). Littleton, CO: Rotman & Co., 1998.

Five collections of short stories and two novels (in Romanian) (1982–2001)

One critical essay about the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery (in Romanian) (1980).

Bas-relief with Heroes. Memphis, TN: Memphis University Press, 1988 (Introductory study to Romanian poetry in English version).

Poetry – A Scar on the Wall of Air. Introductory study and translations (with Thomas C. Carslon) in Little Bones in Winter, Selected Poems of Virgil Mazilescu. Bucharest: Romanian Cultural Foundation, 1996.

Ut Musica Poesis. Introductory essay in Selected Poems of Mihai Eminescu. Bucharest: Univers Publishing House, 2000.

La Naissance: structures symboliques. In Religion, Fiction, and History. Essays in Memory of loan Petru Ed. by Sorin Antohi. Bucharest: Nemira, 2001.

Memberships and Awards

Member of the American Association of Law Libraries (since 1989) Member of the American Society of International Law (since 1989)

Member of the International Association of Law Libraries (since 1989) Member of the Romanian Writers Association (since 1990)

Executive Vice-President of ACORD (NGO for the advancement of the rule of law in Romania, 1997–2001)

National Award for Literature (for Panic Syndrome! short stories,Bucharest: Univers, 1997)

Order of Merit in the rank of Officer (for the advancement of the rule of law in Romania and interface with the American culture, 2000).

References

  1. Chivu, Marius (February 2013). "Sfinţi vs securişti" (in Romanian). Dilema veche. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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