Alice Călugăru, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alice Călugăru

Romanian poet (1886-1933)

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1886

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1933

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alice ?tefania Stanescu Calugaru (July 4, 1886 – 1924) was a Romanian poet. Born in Paris, her parents were ?tefan Stanescu Calugaru, an officer in the Romanian Army, and his wife Maria (née Carabella).
She attended high school in Bucharest, where she was classmates with George Topîrceanu, and graduated in 1907.
She began publishing verses at an early age, in Samanatorul (1903) and Dumineca (1905).
The only poetry book she put out was Viorele (1905).
Other magazines that ran her work include Analele literare, politice, ?tiin?ifice, Via?a literara, Luceafarul, Ramuri, Convorbiri Literare and Via?a Româneasca.She moved to Paris after 1908, marrying journalist Louis Constant Edgar Müller in 1921.
In France, she signed her work with the pen name Alice Orient.
In 1914, she entered her poem "Les perles" into the Femina literary competition, winning second prize.
She and her husband traveled in Belgium and South America.
She died of consumption, probably in Switzerland.
A mysterious personality with a tragic destiny, she can be identified with the adventurous Lilis from the partly autobiographical 1924 novel La tunique verte.
Her lyricism, modern sensibility, sensual sharpness and the character of her imagery anticipate interwar poetry.