Leonard Oprea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Romanian novelist, poet and essayist
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Place of Birth: Prejmer, Brașov County, Romania
About Leonard Oprea
- Leonard Oprea (Romanian pronunciation: [le.o'nard 'opre?a]; born December 1953) is a Romanian novelist, poet, and essayist.
- In the late 1980s, he wrote two books of fiction that were banned by the Communist regime and gained him repute among dissidents.
- Following the 1989 Revolution, the books were published but did not attract significant notice during the political upheaval of the time.
- He left Romania for the United States in 1999, after which the pair of previously banned works was once again released.
- In the 2000s, he wrote the fictional series Theophil Magus.
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