Aurel Mihale (August 7, 1922 â 2007) was a Romanian prose writer.
Born in SpanÃÂov, CÃÂlÃÂraÃÂi County, his parents Ignat and Elena (née Mitu) were peasants. Mihale passed his baccalauréat at ChiÃÂinÃÂu in 1942, during World War II. From that time until 1944, he studied at the reserve officersâ school. He was mobilized to ConstanÃÂa in 1944. Following Romania's turn to the Allies, he saw combat on the Czechoslovak front. From 1945 to 1947, he attended the Philology and Law faculties of the University of Bucharest.
From 1949 to 1954, after the establishment of a communist regime, he was employed in higher education. He held leadership positions in the umbrella trade union of artists, writers and journalists; in the Writers' Union of Romania; and in the state committee for culture and art. He was deputy editor-in-chief of ViaÃÂa Româneascà(1953-1954) and editor-in-chief of LuceafÃÂrul (1958-1959) and Gazeta literarà(1962). Monica Lovinescu records an anecdote from 1971, during the session where dictator Nicolae CeauÃÂescu presented the July Theses to a group of writers. Mihale, a âÂÂnotorious StalinistâÂÂ, offered such an impassioned recitation of the canon encompassing socialist realism in Romania that even CeauÃÂescu was embarrassed by the author's zeal.
Mihale made his literary debut in 1943, publishing antiwar poetry in Dacia rediviva magazine. His works included tales (NopÃÂi înfrigurate, 1957; HotÃÂrârea, 1964; Somnul de veghe, 1969), sketches (Ultimul asalt, 1955; ForÃÂa ascunsÃÂ, 1973), short stories (Vin apele, 1950; ÃÂn pragul primÃÂverii, 1952; PoartàÃÂi drum, 1971; Nimeni nu moare singur, 1974; Vatra, 1974; ÃÂase nopÃÂi ÃÂi ÃÂase zile, 1984) and novels (Ogoare noi, 1953; Floarea vieÃÂii, 1954; Destin, 1960; Fuga, 1963; Cronicàde rÃÂzboi, I-III, 1967; PrimÃÂvara timpurie, 1969; Focurile, I-III, 1977âÂÂ1978; AcÃÂiunea âÂÂHildebrandâÂÂ, 1979; ÃÂngerul negru, 1981; Alertàîn munÃÂi, 1982).