George Pruteanu
George Mihail Pruteanu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe pruˈte̯anu]; 15 December 1947 – 27 March 2008) was a Romanian literary critic and politician.
He was born in Bucharest in 1947. His father, Pincu Solomonovici, was a Jewish medical doctor and a university professor who studied the history of Moldavian medicine. His mother, Sofia Pruteanu, was an office worker. When he was 4 years old his parents divorced and he took his mother's maiden name.
George Pruteanu studied literature at the
TVR1
(1997–1999), and again TVR1 (2006–2008).
In 1996, Pruteanu was elected to the
Romanian Senate as a Constanța County Senator on a Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ticket, but resigned in 1998. In 2000, he was elected once again, this time in Bistrița-Năsăud County as a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). In 2003, he resigned from PSD and joined the Greater Romania Party (PRM), running for the Senate in Suceava County
in 2004.
Pruteanu introduced a
bill in 1997, which became known as the "Pruteanu Bill", requiring all public notices (including ads) in foreign languages to have Romanian translations. A trimmed-down version of this bill was promulgated by President Ion Iliescu in 2004. Pruteanu was also critical of the Romanian entertainment industry, especially of low-quality TV programmes and manele
, which he called "intellectual manure".
He died in Bucharest after suffering a heart attack on 27 March 2008. He is buried at Bellu Cemetery.
Works
- Petru Dumitriu: Pactul cu diavolul (1995)
- Partidul și partida – atitudini politice (2000)
- Cronica unei mari dezamăgiri – O istorie mediatică (2000)
- Feldeința călinesciană – studiu monografic (2001)
- Elemente esențiale de tehnică mediatică (2002)
- Translation of The Divine Comedyinto Romanian
References
- (in Romanian) Literary critics about George Pruteanu
- (in Romanian) Adevărul, 19 November 2004. Legea "Pruteanu" intră in vigoare la 17 decembrie
- (in Romanian) Gardianul, 27 September 2003. George Pruteanu: Pentru că țin cu lefegiii, m-am înscris in Partidul România Mare
- (in Romanian) Ziarul Tricolorul, 19 November 2004. Echipa lui Vadim - George Pruteanu
- Curriculum Vitae on his personal site Archived 2005-04-19 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 6 December 2005)
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