"Last night of love, first night of war" (novel published in 1930)
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Camil Petrescu (Romanian pronunciation:[kaˈmilpeˈtresku]; 9/21 April 1894 – 14 May 1957) was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet. He marked the end of the traditional novel era and laid the foundation of the modern novel era in Romania.
Life
Petrescu was born in Bucharest in 1894. 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).
Petrescu went to primary school at Obor, and to high school at Saint Sava National College, where he wrote his very first poem. 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. His antisemitism is controversial, having Jewish friends such as Mihail Sebastian.[1]
Ultima noapte de dragoste, întâia noapte de război ("Last Night of Love, First Night of War"), 1930
Patul lui Procust ("The Bed of Procrustes"), 1933, of which we now have Ileana Orlich's translation of 2008, published by the Camil Petrescu Cultural Foundation in Bucharest)
Doctrina substanței ("The Doctrine of Substance"), 1940
Filmography
Patul lui Procust (2001) – Bed of Procust, or Procust's Bed (International English title; the original Romanian title refers to the mythical Procrustes)