Mircea Dinescu
Mircea Dinescu was born on November 11, 1950 in Slobozia, the son of Stefan Dinescu, metallurgist worker and Aurelia Badea, worker.He studied at the Faculty of Journalism, "Stefan Gheorghiu" Academy and was considered a gifted young poet during his youth, with several poetry volumes published.
He was the only person that was first a doorman and then a full member at the Bucharest Writers Association.
His book, "Moartea citeste ziarul" (Death is reading the newspaper) was turned down by the communist censoreship in 1988 and was then published in Amsterdam.
In 1989 he was fired from "Romania literara" literary magazine, as a result of an antidicatorial interview against Nicolae Ceausescu, granted to the French newspaper Libération and he was arrested at his residence.
Now he's running two publications in Romania Plai cu Boi - satirical Playboy-style magazine and Aspirina Saracului - weekly satirical magazine.
