Ioan Adam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ioan Adam

Romanian judge (1875-1911)

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1875

Place of Birth: Muntenii de Sus, Vaslui County, Romania

Date of Death: 18-May-1911

Profession: judge, writer, translator

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ioan Adam (November 26, 1875 – May 18, 1911) was a Romanian prose writer. Born into a peasant family in Vaslui, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by Vasile Lupu Normal School in Ia?i.
He then taught school in Curse?ti, Vaslui County.
He studied law at the Free University of Brussels, obtaining a doctorate.
He worked as a Romanian-language teacher in Constan?a and as a magistrate in Calara?i and Tulcea.
Under the name I.
Blanc, his first work appeared in Adevarul illustrat.
He also published in the magazines Via?a, Foaia pentru to?i, Convorbiri Literare, Samanatorul, Luceafarul, Fat-Frumos, Via?a literara ?i artistica, Ramuri and Neamul românesc literar.
In 1905, together with I.
U.
Soricu and Nicolae Da?covici, he published the weekly Tribuna Dobrogei.
He authored a number of Samanatorist short story collections and novels, including Flori de câmp (1900), Ratacire (1902) and Sybaris (1902).
He translated Guy de Maupassant, significantly reducing the amount of violence from the original.
His useful monograph Constan?a pitoreasca (1908) is in the spirit of Alexandru Vlahu?a.
He died in Ia?i.