George Dorul Dumitrescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Dorul Dumitrescu

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1901

Place of Birth: Prahova County, Romania

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: columnist, literary historian

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

George Dorul Dumitrescu (born Gheorghe Dumitrescu; February 14, 1901 or 1904–1985) was a Romanian prose writer and columnist. Born in Ceptura, Prahova County, he attended high school in Bucharest from 1916 to 1925, and studied at the University of Bucharest's literature faculty, from which he obtained a degree in 1931.
In 1933, he became a substitute teacher of Romanian at the military high school in Chi?inau.
In 1937, he began teaching at a trade school in Bucharest.
He was later a civil servant within the "work and entertainment" section of the Labor Ministry.Dumitrescu's first published work was prose that appeared in Universul literar in 1928.
He co-edited Pagini basarabene and Veac nou magazines.
His work appeared in Cele trei Cri?uri, Universul literar, Neamul românesc literar, Brazde adânci, România noua literara, Telegraful, Adevarul literar ?i artistic, Revista Funda?iilor Regale and Gândirea.
In 1933, he published La feti?a dulce, a book of tales, and he was awarded the Romanian Writers' Society prize the same year.
The monograph Via?a ?i opera lui Leon Donici came out in 1936.
He died in Bucharest and was buried at Bellu cemetery.