Born on December 1, 1892, Cezar Petrescu was the first born of professor Dimitie Petrescu, doctor in agriculture of Paris University. At age of 15, Cezar Petrescu publishes his first short novel. Between 1911 and 1915 studies Law in Jassy University. In 1919 moves to live in Bucharest, working as a redactor at some of the important dailies of the time. Between 1923 and 1928 publishes novels including "Intunecarea" - (the Gathering Clouds), one of the best novels about the World War I. In 1940, he rearranges all his writing in a large fresco, of the Romanian society between the World Wars, named "the Chronicle of Romania in the 20th Century". Since 1955 is a member of Romanian Academy. Died on March 9, 1961 by a heart failure.

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Cezar Petrescu

Writer