Dumitru Solomon

Dumitru Solomon was a Romanian author of essays, plays, and chronicles.{{cite news

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He was born in Galați on December 14, 1932 and died on 9 February, 2003.[http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/mobile/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2003/02/030211-WMI-000 Southeast European Times Web - Cultural Roundup 2003] He attended the theoretical high-school in Bârlad. In 1955, he obtained his degree in philology in Bucharest. Between 1955-1962, he was the editor of Gazeta literară, then department chief at Luceafărul, and editor-in-chief of Teatrul azi magazine. He made his debut in Viața Românească, in 1953.[http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Solomon_Dumitru YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe]

He was a laureate of the Romanian Academy (1978), and Writers Union and Association of Writers Union from Bucharest (1973). He received the U.N.I.T.E.R. award for the best Romanian play, Repetabila scenă a balconului (1995),Herbert, Ian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TG2mP5KTDn8C&q=solomon&pg=PA198 The World of theatre: an account of the theatre seasons 1996-97, 1997-98 and ...], Routledge 2000, Retrieved 2010-12-8 from Google Books and an award from the Ministry of Culture.