Virgil Carianopol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian poet
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Place of Birth: Caracal, Olt County, Romania
About Virgil Carianopol
- Virgil Carianopol (March 29, 1908–April 6, 1984) was a Romanian poet. Born in Caracal, his parents were Grigore Carianopol, a court clerk, and his wife Atena (née Popescu) He attended primary school (1916-1920) and the first two grades of secondary school (1920-1922) at the city's Ioni?a Asan High School.
- After fleeing home twice, the first time at age fourteen, his father sent him to a Bucharest military school for munitions specialists.
- He attended this institution from 1924 to 1930, becoming a specialist in the manufacture of gunpowder and explosives.
- However, he abandoned the army and audited courses at the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty from 1934 to 1938.
- Meanwhile, he worked as a civilian employee in various sectors of the army, including the arsenal and censorship.He made his literary debut in 1928, in Vraja magazine.
- Pen names he used include V.
- Olteanu, V.
- Jianu, V.
- Calugaru, V.
- Cariopol and Vicar.
- His first book, Flori de spin (1931), along with two that appeared soon after, Virgil Carianopol (1933) and Un ocean, o frunte în exil (1934), form part of his first, avant-garde phase.
- His next period included Scrisori catre plante (1936), which won a prize from the Romanian Writers' Society; Carte pentru domni?e (1937); Frunzi?ul toamnei mele (1938) and Scara la cer (1940).
- These volumes marked a transition toward a traditional Gândirism.
- His later works included Cântece de amurg (1969), Viorile vârstei (1972), Lirice (1973), Elegii ?i elegii (1974), Lumini pentru dragostea mea (1978) and Cântec la plecarea verii (1981).
- They are marked by a clearer lyricism, the stylization of older motifs and the crystallization of elegiac inflections, reflections of his own voice, into a melancholic melody of life's ephemeral quality.
- His memoirs were published as Scriitori care au devenit amintiri, appearing in two volumes (1973 and 1982).
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