. "Romanian writer" . "1980-05-16Z"^^ . . "0695737" . "1922Z"^^ . "Preda, Marin"@en . "1922-08-05Z"^^ . "1980Z"^^ . "Marin Preda (Romanian pronunciation: [ma\u02C8rin \u02C8preda]; 5 August 1922 \u2013 16 May 1980) was a Romanian novelist, one of the best-known post-WWII Romanian writers.Preda was born in Teleorman county, in a village called Sili\u015Ftea-Gume\u015Fti, into a family of peasants. He first studied at school in his home village, then schools in Abrud and Cristur-Odorhei. He moved to Bucharest in 1940 and became a proofreader at Timpul (\"Times\") magazine.His first novella was called Calul (\"The Horse\")."@en .