Virgil Caraivan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Virgil Caraivan

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1879

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: translator, newspaper editor

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Virgil Caraivan (February 12, 1879 – 1966) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in ?uletea, Vaslui County, his parents were the schoolteacher Neculai Caraivan and his wife Smaranda.
He went to primary school in his native village, followed by gymnasium in nearby Bârlad and high school in Piatra Neam?, which he completed in 1900.
In 1903, he graduated from the literature and law faculty of the University of Bucharest.
His first published work appeared in Noua revista româna in 1901 and consisted of the study "Ritmul muncii în poeziile populare".
His first book was the 1901 collection of stories and anecdotes La ?ezatoare, followed by Pove?ti (1908), Doamna Ilina (1909), Movila ro?ie (1913) and La gura sobei (1924).
He edited Tribuna newspaper in 1903 and the magazines Raze?ul (1926) and Documente raza?e?ti (1932).
Publications that ran his work include Luceafarul, Samanatorul, Floarea darurilor and Ion Creanga.
A founding member of the Romanian Writers' Society, he served as cashier from 1908.
After 1933 he withdrew to the countryside and worked as a farmer.
His literary activity was varied, including translations from Nikolai Gogol and from world folklore (Pove?ti de pretutindeni, 1908; Pove?ti franceze, 1909; Pove?ti corsicane, 1910), and the difficult-to-classify collection Basme ?i legende streine.He died in Bucharest in 1966.