Mihail Polihroniade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mihail Polihroniade

Romanian historian and lawyer (1906-1939)

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1906

Place of Birth: Brăila, Braila, Romania

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1939

Profession: lawyer, historian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Mihail Polihroniade (September 17, 1906–September 22-23, 1939) was a Romanian historian and journalist. Born in Braila, he graduated from the law faculty of the University of Bucharest and worked as a lawyer.
Initially a communist sympathizer, he later embraced the far right and joined the Iron Guard.
In the press, he contributed ideological articles as well as commentary on foreign events.
Together with Petru Comarnescu, Ionel Jianu and Constantin Noica, he published Ac?iune ?i reac?iune magazine from 1929 to 1930; Axa appeared under his guidance in 1933.
He was editing secretary from Vremea, editor at Buna Vestire, and wrote for numerous publications, among them Politica, Ultima ora, Cuvântul, Gândirea, Universul literar, Tiparni?a literara, Azi, Cuvântul Arge?ului, Cuvântul studen?esc, Calendarul, Sânziana and Iconar.
He belonged to the circle surrounding Criterion magazine.
Together with Alexandru-Christian Tell, he published Domnia lui Carol I in 1937.
He also authored the pamphlet Tineretul ?i politica externa (1937; re-edited 1940).
His study "Via?a politica a României sub Carol I" appeared in volume I of Enciclopedia României (1938).
He was killed in Râmnicu Sarat prison as part of the reprisals for the assassination of Armand Calinescu.