Dumitru Radu Popa
Dumitru Radu Popa is a Romanian-born writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. In 1985, he defected to the US, asking for political asylum.Education
Popa obtained a Master of Arts in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of Bucharest in 1972. He obtained a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Columbia University in 1989.Books
- Accidental Tourist on the New Frontier: An Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research. Littleton, CO: Rotman & Co., 1998.
- Five collections of short stories and two novels
- One critical essay about the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery .
- Bas-relief with Heroes. Memphis, TN: Memphis University Press, 1988.
- Poetry – A Scar on the Wall of Air. Introductory study and translations in Little Bones in Winter, Selected Poems of Virgil Mazilescu. Bucharest: Romanian Cultural Foundation, 1996.
- Ut Musica Poesis. Introductory essay in Selected Poems of Mihai Eminescu. Bucharest: Univers Publishing House, 2000.
- La Naissance: structures symboliques. In Religion, Fiction, and History. Essays in Memory of loan Petru Ed. by Sorin Antohi. Bucharest: Nemira, 2001.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Aventura Constiintei
- Călătoria
- Fisura
- Little Bones in Winter
- Panic Syndrome!
- Inchide ochii
- Traversând Washington Square
- La Revoluţia Română
- Sabrina şi alte suspiciuni
- Skenzemon!
- Lady V.
- Lady V. and Other Short Stories ]
Memberships and awards
- Member of the American Association of Law Libraries Member of the American Society of International Law
- Member of the International Association of Law Libraries Member of the Romanian Writers Association
- Executive Vice-President of ACORD
- National Award for Literature
- Order of Merit in the rank of Officer.
