Petru Popescu (born February 1, 1944 in Bucharest, Romania) is a
Romanian-American writer, director and film producer, author of
best-selling novels Almost Adam and Amazon Beaming.The son of theater
critic Radu Popescu and actress Nelly Cutava, he graduated from the
Spiru Haret High School, after which he studied English language and
literature at the University of Bucharest. His debut was a collection
of poems, Zeu printre blocuri ("A God Between Apartment Buildings").
In 1969, he published Prins ("Caught").He went on a Herder scholarship
to Vienna (1971â€"1972), and in 1973 participated in the International
Writing Program at the University of Iowa.After participating in that
writing program, Popescu defected in 1973 or 1974 while in England on
a private trip related to the English translation of his book
Sfârșitul bahic, taught comparative literature in Great Britain, and
moved to the United States in 1975, where he studied at the Center for
Advanced Film Studies of the American Film Institute. The Romanian
government tried him for treason. In Romania his books were banned.
Romanian-American writer, director and film producer, author of
best-selling novels Almost Adam and Amazon Beaming.The son of theater
critic Radu Popescu and actress Nelly Cutava, he graduated from the
Spiru Haret High School, after which he studied English language and
literature at the University of Bucharest. His debut was a collection
of poems, Zeu printre blocuri ("A God Between Apartment Buildings").
In 1969, he published Prins ("Caught").He went on a Herder scholarship
to Vienna (1971â€"1972), and in 1973 participated in the International
Writing Program at the University of Iowa.After participating in that
writing program, Popescu defected in 1973 or 1974 while in England on
a private trip related to the English translation of his book
Sfârșitul bahic, taught comparative literature in Great Britain, and
moved to the United States in 1975, where he studied at the Center for
Advanced Film Studies of the American Film Institute. The Romanian
government tried him for treason. In Romania his books were banned.
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