Editing Marin Preda (section)

{{Short description|Romanian writer (1922–1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Marin Preda
| image              = Marin Preda in 1975.png
| caption            = Preda in 1975
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1922|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Siliștea Gumești]], Kingdom of Romania
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1980|5|16|1922|8|5|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Mogoșoaia]], Socialist Republic of Romania
| resting_place      = [[Bellu Cemetery]], Bucharest, Romania
| alma_mater         = [[University of Bucharest]]
| occupation         = {{plainlist|
* writer
* novelist
* politician
}}
| years_active       = 1942–1979
| era                = [[Post-war|Post-WWII era]]
| notable_works      = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Moromeții]]'' (The Moromete Family)
* ''[[Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni]]'' (The Most Beloved of Earthlings)
}}
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage| [[Aurora Cornu]] | 1955 | 1959 | end = div}}
* {{marriage | Eta Wexler | 1960 | 1966 | end = div }}
* {{marriage | Elena Mitev | 1968 }} 
}}
| children           = 2
| signature = Marin Preda signature, 1942-08-16.svg
}}

'''Marin Preda''' ({{IPA|ro|maˈrin ˈpreda}}; 5 August 1922,<ref name="data.bnf.fr_2020-04-28">{{Citation | url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/11920571/marin_preda/| title=Marin Preda (1922–1980) – Author – Resources from the BnF| newspaper=data.bnf.fr| access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> [[Siliștea Gumești]], [[Teleorman County]], Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, [[Mogoșoaia]], Ilfov County], Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of [[Cartea Românească]] publishing house. He is considered by some to be the most important novelist in post-World War II [[Romanian literature]]. However, he has also garnered an ambivalent perception in post-socialist Romania: Preda's final novel, ''Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni'' ("The Most Beloved of Earthlings''"),'' published just a couple of months before his death, is a daring critique of the beginnings of communism in Romania; in contrast, Preda was well-regarded by party leaders and received high distinctions in [[Socialist Republic of Romania|socialist Romania]], and did not position himself as an open opponent of the regime. At the time of his death, Marin Preda was a member of the [[Great National Assembly (Socialist Republic of Romania)|Great National Assembly]].<ref name="adev2016-05-12">{{Citation | url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/alexandria/pasiunile-politice-marilor-scriitori-istorici-romani-caragiale-s-a-vrut-parlamentar-preda-ajuns-deputat-marea-adunare-nationala-1_5733258f5ab6550cb8d63b19/index.html| title=Pasiunile politice ale marilor scriitori şi istorici români. Caragiale s-a vrut parlamentar, Preda a ajuns deputat în Marea Adunare Naţională| newspaper=Adevărul| access-date=28 April 2020 |author = Elisabeth Bouleanu| date=12 May 2016}}</ref>