Dumitru Solomon was a Romanian author of essays, plays, and chronicles. He was born in Galați in 1932 and died on 9 February 2003. He attended the theoretical lyceum in Barlad. In 1955, he took his degree in philology in Bucharest. Between 1955-1962, he was the editor of Gazeta literara, then department chief at Luceafarul, and editor-in-chief of Teatrul azi magazine. He made his debut in Viata Romaneasca, in 1953. He was a laureate of the Romanian Academy (1978), and Writers Union and Association of Writers Union from Bucharest (1973), and he received the U.N.I.T.E.R. award for the best Romanian play, Repetabila scena a balconului (1995), and an award from the Ministry of Culture. |