About Panait Istrati
Panait Istrati (Romanian:; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans). Istrati appears to be the first Romanian author explicitly depicting a homosexual character in his work. Istrati is the first Romanian author to write a novel – Chira Chiralina – in which a character is homosexual. Here, he later published his first short stories, Mântuitorul ("The Redeemer"), Calul lui Bălan ("Bălan's Horse"), Familia noastră ("Our Family"), 1 Mai ("May Day").
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