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Dan Petrașincu

1910 – 1997

Romanian-Italian writer

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Lived 1910 – 1997 (aged 86–87). Dan Petrașincu was a Romanian and Italian anthropologist, writer and translator.

Dan Petrașincu (; born Angelo Moretta, ; 2 June 1910 – 1997) was an Italian-Romanian anthropologist, writer and translator.

He was born in Odessa from an Italian father and a Romanian mother. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, when he was ten years old, the family fled to Romania, where he went to high school in Râmnicu Sărat and Bucharest.

He worked as a copy-editor for "Rampa”, "Adevărul”, "Reporter”, "Lumea românească”, "România literară”.

Together with Mihai Șerban and Ieronim Sârbu he published the magazine "Discobolul" (1932-1933).

He translated from Victor Hugo, Gaston Baty, Wanda Wasilewska, etc.

After 1950 he lived in Italy, and died in Rome in 1997.

Works Sângele, Bucharest, 1935 (for which he was given the "Dimineața” newspaper's Prose Award) Omul gol, Bucharest, 1936 (re-written as Omul și fiara, Bucharest, 1941) Monstrul, București, 1937; (re-written as Copilăria cu umbre), Bucharest, 1944; Bucharest, 1994 Miracolul, Bucharest, 1939 Junglă, Bucharest, 1940 Edgar Poe, iluminatul, Bucharest, 1942 Cora și dragostea, Bucharest, 1943 Timpuri împlinite, Bucharest, 1947 Un mare poet al libertății: Alexandru Sergheevici Pușkin, Bucharest, 1949 La resa dei conti, Rome, 1957 Lo spirito dell'India, Rome, 1960 Romanian edition: Spiritul Indiei (București, 1993) Gli dei dell'India, Milan, 1966; I miti indiani edition, Milano, 1982; Romanian edition: Mituri indiene (Bucharest, 1998) Il pensiero Vedanta, Rome, 1968; Romanian edition: Gândirea Vedanta, (Bucharest, 1996) La parola e il silenzio, Rome, 1970; Romanian edition: Cuvântul și tăcerea. O posibilă reconstituire a Logosului cu ajutorul conceptului de Sabda-Sphoța din lingvistica indiană (Bucharest, 1994) Il Daimon e il superuomo, Rome, 1972; Romanian edition: Daimon și supraom (Bucharest, 1994) Aurobindo e il futuro dell'uomo, Rome, 1974 Il Quinto millennio, Milan, 1979 I miti delle antiche civilta messicane, Milan, 1984; Romanian edition: Miturile vechilor civilizații mexicane (Bucharest, 1998) Miti antichi e mito del progresso. Antropologia del sacro dal paleolitico al nucleare, Genoa, 1990; Romanian edition: Mituri antice și mitul progresului. Antropologia sacrului din paleolitic până în era nucleară (Bucharest, 1994) 7 miti maya e aztechi e delle antiche civilta messicane, Milan, 1996

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1997, Rome
Also known as
Angelo Moretta, Dan Petrasincu

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Who was Dan Petrașincu?

Romanian-Italian writer

When was Dan Petrașincu born?

Dan Petrașincu was born on 2 June 1910 in Odesa.

When did Dan Petrașincu die?

Dan Petrașincu died in 1997 in Rome.

What was Dan Petrașincu's occupation?

Dan Petrașincu was an anthropologist, writer and translator.

What nationality was Dan Petrașincu?

Dan Petrașincu was Romanian and Italian.

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· Wikidata: Q18390064

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