Cristian Tudor Popescu

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Cristian Tudor Popescu (born 1 October 1956) is a Romanian journalist and writer. An alumnus in Computer Science at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, he was a writer of science fiction stories before 1989.

1 Science fiction writer, translator and editor
2 Journalist
3 Quotes
4 References

[edit] Science fiction writer, translator and editor

Within the Romanian science fiction community C.T. Popescu received praise for his work as a writer, essayist, literary critic, translator and editor.

He made his debut in 1984 in the "Echinox" literary magazine (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) with the SF story "The Ash Garden" (Grădina de cenuşă). C.T.Popescu wrote for the majority of the SF anthologies, almanacs and magazines before 1990 and he was a laureate of the ROMCON Awards (1985,1986). He received the Eurocon Award for the collection of short stories "Planetarium".

After 1990, he confined his SF activity to translating and editing the works of others. C.T.Popescu translated Stanisław Lem's novels "Manuscript Found In A Bathtub", "Return From The Stars" and Norman Spinrad's "Bug Jack Barron" (in collaboration with Dan Mihai Pavelescu). As SF editor, C.T.Popescu published Dănuţ Ungureanu's novel "Marilyn Monroe On A Closed Curve" (1993), Dan Merişca's "Revolt In Labyrinth"(1996) and the SF anthology "The Empire Of The Crooked Mirrors"(1993).

His SF works:

"Planetarium", SF stories, Albatros Printing Press, Bucharest,1987
"Omohom. Speculative Fictions" (mainly a reprint of "Planetarium", with two stories being added and one removed), Polirom Printing Press, Iaşi, 2000.

[edit] Journalist

Between 1990 and 2005 he was the editor-in-chief at Adevărul newspaper. In 2005, in disagreement with the management, he and 81 journalists resigned from the paper and, together with Mircea Dinescu, started their own Gândul. He distinguished himself as a hard critic, tough spoken, moralist journalist. With an easy recognisable look and way of speaking, Popescu is a respected critic and journalist (and occasionally a tennis commentator). He is often invited as a guest in TV shows.

Cristian Tudor Popescu was the president of the Romanian Press Club (Clubul Român de Presă) until November 2006, when he resigned his office over an issue regarding the representation of journalists in the Club. He was re-elected president on February 10, 2007^[1].

[edit] Quotes

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Pe acest teren a înflorit Gigi Becali. Coborârea lui cu elicopterul la Maglavit, întâmpinat de norod, este întruchiparea adevăratului Romanian Dream: fotbal, Dumnezeu, bani, Maybach, înjurături, pomeni, totul nemânjit de intelect şi aşezat sub semnul miracolului

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"On this land Gigi Becali blossomed. His descent by helicopter onto Maglavit, welcomed by the crowds, is the incarnation of the true Romanian Dream: football, God, money, Maybach, curses, alms, all unsullied by intellect and under the sign of miracle"

Editorial in Gândul, September 12, 2006