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name: Radu Pavel Gheo
about: Radu Pavel Gheo (RADU Pavel Gheorghiţă, born in 3rd of October 1969 in Oraviţa, Romania) is a Romanian writer and translator from English. In 2017 his most recent novel, Disco Titanic, was awarded "Observator Cultural" Prize for Fiction.His previous novel, Noapte bună, copii! (Good Night, Children!), was granted the National Fiction Award “Ziarul de Iasi”, Romanian Writers’ Association (Timisoara) Award, 2010 Best Romanian Novel in 2010  – title granted by the cultural magazine "Tiuk!", and „Eminescu-1868-Oravita” Award. The book appeared in Italian translation in 2016.The Romanian author belongs to the post-revolutionary generation of writers. In 2001, as a result of his winning at the American Visa Lottery, he left for the U.S.A., where h Radu Pavel Gheo (RADU Pavel Gheorghiţă, born in 3rd of October 1969 in Oraviţa, Romania) is a Romanian writer and translator from English. In 2017 his most recent novel, Disco Titanic, was awarded "Observator Cultural" Prize for Fiction.His previous novel, Noapte bună, copii! (Good Night, Children!), was granted the National Fiction Award “Ziarul de Iasi”, Romanian Writers’ Association (Timisoara) Award, 2010 Best Romanian Novel in 2010  – title granted by the cultural magazine "Tiuk!", and „Eminescu-1868-Oravita” Award. The book appeared in Italian translation in 2016.The Romanian author belongs to the post-revolutionary generation of writers. In 2001, as a result of his winning at the American Visa Lottery, he left for the U.S.A., where he lived for a year together with his wife. He worked at a fast food, a food store, and a Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore, and he described his American experience in a book published in the aftermath of his return. The book, entitled Adio, adio, patria mea cu î din i, cu â din a (approx. Farewell, My Homeland, Farewell...) became a bestseller, it sold out and was soon reprinted. The same thing happened to most of his following books.Radu Pavel Gheo has published so far nine personal volumes of fiction and essays. He also wrote a play entitled Hold-УП Akbar sau Toţi în America (Hold-УП Akbar or Everybody in America). The play was put on stage by the National Theatre from Timişoara starting with July 2007. The author is included in a number of Romanian anthologies of short stories and essays. He was also included in an Irish anthology of fiction (Sharp Sticks, Driven Nails, The Stinging Fly Publishing House, Dublin, 2010), and in a Croatian anthology of short stories (Nabokov u Brašovu. Antologija rumunjske postrevolucionarne kratke priče, Meandar Publishing House, Zagreb, 2010). The book coordinated by Radu Pavel Gheo and Dan Lungu, Tovarăşe de drum. Experienţa feminină în comunism (Fellow Travellers. The Feminine Experience in Communism), appeared in Italian translation in 2011 at Sandro Teti Editore from Rome.Radu Pavel Gheo is a member of the Writers Union of Romania since 2003 and of PEN Club Romania since 2005. He is also a founding member of the cultural association Club 8 from Iaşi. ...more