Radu Tudoran

{{short description|Romanian writer}}

Radu Tudoran ({{IPA|ro|ˈradu tudoˈran}}; born Nicolae Bogza; March 8, 1910 – November 18, 1992) was a popular Romanian novelist.{{Cite web |url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n90-604176 |title=Tudoran, Radu 1910-1992 |access-date=22 April 2010 |publisher=WorldCat Identities }}{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/locale/ploiesti/lucruri-mai-putin-cunoscute-despre-radu-tudoran-parintele-romanului-toate-panzele-sus-fost-fratele-unui-alt-scriitor-celebru-construit-goeleta-1_56d45ef65ab6550cb85770b4/index.html| title=Lucruri mai puțin cunoscute despre Radu Tudoran, autorul romanului "Toate pânzele sus!": a fost fratele unui alt scriitor celebru și a construit o goeletă|date=March 1, 2016|first= Dana|last= Mihai| newspaper=Adevărul | access-date= April 17, 2020}}

He was born Nicolae Bogza in Blejoi, Prahova County, the younger brother of Geo Bogza, and son of {{ill|Alexandru Bogza|ro}}.

After graduating from the military high school at Dealu Monastery in 1930, and the military academy from Sibiu in 1932, he served as an officer in the Romanian Land Forces until 1938.{{cite web|url=https://arhiva.romlit.ro/index.pl/radu_tudoran|title=La o noua lectură: Radu Tudoran |newspaper=România Literară|first=Alexandru| last=Ștefănescu|language=ro|date=2003|access-date=April 17, 2020}} Afterwards he dedicated himself to writing novels, such as {{ill|Toate pînzele sus! (novel)|lt=Toate pînzele sus!|ro|Toate pânzele sus!}} (1954), {{ill|Un port la răsărit|ro}} (1941), Dunărea revărsată (1961), Flăcări (1945), and Întoarcerea fiului risipitor (1947). He also translated books from French and Russian.

He died of heart disease brought by arteriosclerosis at Fundeni Hospital, în Bucharest.{{cite web|url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/in-constanta/stiati-ca/se-implinesc-108-ani-de-la-nasterea-unuia-dintre-cei-mai-cunoscuti-scriitori-romani-prin-ce-opere-a-ramas-cunoscut-653409.html|title=Se împlinesc 108 ani de la nașterea unuia dintre cei mai cunoscuți scriitori români prin ce opere a rămas cunoscut|newspaper=Ziua de Constanța|first=Daniela|last=Moldoveanu|language=ro|date=March 8, 2008|access-date=April 17, 2020}}

Streets in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara are named after him; middle schools in Blejoi and Brăila also bear his name.