Corneliu Moldovanu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Corneliu Moldovanu

Romanian poet, prose writer and playwright

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1883

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1952

Profession: poet, translator, journalist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Corneliu Moldovanu

  • Corneliu Moldovanu (pen name of Corneliu Vasiliu; 15 August 1883 – 2 September 1952) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and playwright. Born in Bârlad, his parents were Dumitrache Vasiliu, a merchant, and his wife Ruxandra (nĂ©e Ra?canu).
  • After attending primary school in his native town, he entered the Boarding High School in Ia?i, graduating in 1902.
  • He then earned a degree from the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty, in 1904.
  • Starting that year, he was a secretary at the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts, rising to associate professor in 1911.
  • In 1917 at Ia?i, Romania's temporary World War I capital, he published Românul newspaper, together with Mihail Sadoveanu, Octavian Goga, Mihail Sorbul, Barbu ?tefanescu Delavrancea and Ion Minulescu.
  • He was a founding member of the Romanian Writers' Society established in 1909, and served as its president from 1921 to 1923 and from 1933 to 1935.
  • He chaired the National Theatre Bucharest and was general director of theatres from 1924 to 1926 and from 1927 to 1928.Moldovanu made his literary debut in 1899 in Epoca literara and Floare albastra.
  • Publications that ran his work include Epoca literara, Evenimentul literar, Revista moderna, Arta ?i literatura româna, Noua revista româna, Convorbiri critice, Rampa, Flacara, Universul, Samanatorul and Luceafarul.
  • His first book was the 1907 poetry collection Flacari, followed by Cetatea Soarelui ?i alte poeme (1910) and Poezii (1924), as well as the short prose books Negu?atorul de arome (1916) and Povestiri (1921).
  • He wrote the two-volume 1922 novel Purgatoriul, and translated works by Guy de Maupassant and Pierre Corneille.
  • In outlook, he was a Samanatorist.
  • He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1927 and the national prize for poetry in 1933.

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