Dimitrie Prelipcean (November 18, 1927 – July 29, 1987) was

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n writer, whose works trace the history of his native

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in the wake of

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and the early years of the

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. He was born in

Horodnic de Jos Horodnic de Jos (german: Unter Horodnik) is a commune in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of a single village, namely Horodnic de Jos. From 1950 to 2003, under the name of Horodnic commune, it included Horodnic de Sus ...

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Works

* ''Drumuri şi popasuri'' * ''A fost odată'' * ''Iubiri neîmplinite'' 1927 births 1987 deaths People from Suceava County Romanian writers {{Romania-writer-stub