Dan Petrașincu

Angelo Moretta
Born June 2, 1910
Odessa, Russian Empire
Died 1997 (aged 8687)
Rome, Italy
Pen name Dan Petrașincu
Occupation writer, athropologist, translator
Language Romanian, Italian
Nationality Romanian, Italian

Dan Petrașincu (born Angelo Moretta, 2 June 1910 – 1997) was an Italian-Romanian anthropologist, writer and translator.

He was born in Odessa from an Italian father and a Romanian mother. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, when he was ten years old, the family fled to Romania, where he went to high school in Râmnicu Sărat and Bucharest.

He worked as a copy-editor for "Rampa”, "Adevărul”, "Reporter”, "Lumea românească”, "România literară”.

Together with Mihai Șerban and Ieronim Sârbu he published the magazine "Discobolul" (1932-1933).

He translated from Victor Hugo, Gaston Baty, Wanda Wasilewska, etc.

After 1950 he lived in Italy, and died in Rome in 1997.

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