Scarlat Cantacuzino, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Scarlat Cantacuzino

Romanian poet, essayist and diplomat

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1874

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1949

Profession: poet, diplomat, art historian, literary historian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Scarlat Cantacuzino

  • Scarlat A.
  • Cantacuzino (June 6, 1874 – August 8, 1949) was a Romanian poet, essayist and diplomat. Born in Bucharest to the magistrate Adolf Cantacuzino and his wife Ecaterina (née Iarca), he was a scion of the Cantacuzino family, which had an old tradition of political and cultural activity beginning with citations from Roman Imperium, affirming in Byzantine Imperium, European countries and primarily in Romania, with almost continuous citations after 1094,.
  • After attending primary school in his native city, he went to high school in Paris, followed by the law faculty of the University of Paris.
  • Successively an attaché, secretary and adviser at the Romanian embassies in Paris, Brussels and The Hague, he was Romania's chargé d'affaires in Paris in 1918, at the close of World War I.
  • He returned to Bucharest in 1922, working as a minister plenipotentiary at the Foreign Ministry, while continuing to correspond with other writers.
  • On an August morning in 1949, during the early Communist regime, he was told he had several hours to vacate his beloved, book-filled house.
  • Toward evening, a little suitcase in hand, the hat-wearing, cane-carrying elderly gentleman made his way to the modest basement room he had rented and lay down.
  • He was found dead the following day.A French-language poet who wrote under the name Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, he published numerous volumes of poems, essays and studies of literary and art history.
  • He was particularly interested in several important 18th century figures, such as Frederick the Great, the 7th Prince of Ligne and Antoine de Rivarol.
  • His work appeared in Mercure de France, Journal des Débats, Le Figaro and Le Manuscrit Autographe.
  • Attracted by the verses of Stéphane Mallarmé, who became his friend, he published his first volume, Les sourires glacés, at the age of 22 in 1896, upon the latter's recommendation.
  • This and all his subsequent forty-five books were written in French.
  • His poetry, Symbolist in style, was praised by Mallarmé, Paul Valéry and Remy de Gourmont.
  • It shows erudition and delicacy at the same time, as well as a remarkable grasp of the French language's subtleties.
  • The poetic and diplomatic contributions of Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène have European dimensions.Cantacuzino married Julietta, the daughter of Basile M.
  • Missir, in 1912.
  • The following year, he dedicated the volume Amour de Juliette to her.
  • Their daughter Armanda was born in Paris on September 1, 1913, and she married Constantin Roco in 1945.
  • She is followed by two children, Mihaela and Mihail, and two grandchildren Constance Armanda Roco and Charles Roco. Volumes of poetry and essais of Scarlat A.
  • Cantacuzino (Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène) Les sourires glacés, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1896 Les douleurs cadettes, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1897 Les chimères en danger, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris 1898 Cinglons les souvenirs et cinglons les rêves!..., Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1900 Sonnets en petit deuil, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1901 Litanies et petits états d'âme, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1902 Remember, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1903 Les Grâces inemployées, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1904 L'âme de Monsieur de Nion, C.L.G.
  • Veldt, Amsterdam, 1905 Poussières et falbales, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1905 Synthèse attristée de Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin,Paris, 1906 Les Retrouvailles, Librairie Académique Perrin,Paris, 1908 Bétises pour Phébé, C.L.G.
  • Veldt, Amsterdam, 1908 (essais) Esprit de Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, Amsterdam, 1909 Larmes fouettées, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1911 Les adorables coincidences, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1912 Amour de Juliette, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1913 Apothéoses de météores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1913 A une jolie, Poésie du Prince Ch.-Ad.
  • Cantacuzene, Musique de Suzanne Mesureur.
  • Heugel (Musique notée), 1913. Mes Brouillards de roses, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1914 La Rose du centenaire, C.L.G.
  • Veldt, La Haye, 1914 Lettre du Prince Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène pour comémoration de centenaire de “Mes adieux a Beloeil” du Prince de Ligne.
  • Association des Ecrivains Belges, Bruxelles-Paris-London, 1914 Hypotyposes, aléas et alinéas, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1916 Considerations lyriques: suivies d’inédite adnotations de Rivarol sur son examplaire de Hamboug – 1797.
  • Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1917a Mémoires fragmentes de Conseiller de Légation C.
  • Extraits.
  • Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris-Rotterdam, 1917b Les Réalitès roses, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1918 Paranthéses parresseuses.
  • Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1921 Charleadolphiana.
  • Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris and Ultrecht, 1921 (essais) Extraits piquants et inconues de Fréderic II écrivain francais, avec un coup d’oeil de Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, Librairie Académique Perrin – Leyde, 1923 Précipité de suavité, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1925, Imprimeur de l’Académie Royale-Bruxelles-Marcel Hayez Poésies dites et inédites du Prince de Ligne, publiés par Eenest Ganay et Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène.
  • Edition des Annales du Prince de Ligne, Bruxelles, et Librairie Jean Naert, Paris, 1925 Phosphores mordorés, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1926 Quatorze quarts d’heure avec Monsieur Cantacuzène.
  • Par M.G.C., sécrétaire de legation, Paris, 1926. Glyptiques elliptiques, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1927 Identités versicolores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1927 Les Automnes complémentaires, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1928 L'au-delà de l'en deçà, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1931 Essai anthologique, Eclats de conversations, Albert Messein, Collection la Phalange, Paris, Paris, 1932 Sonnets sans écho, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1932 Prince de Ligne, Mercure de France, Collection des plus belles pages, Paris, 1934 Frédéric II, Mercure de France, Collection des plus belles pages, Paris, 1935 Fragments, Albert Messein Editeur, Paris, 1935 Les plus belles pages de Sénac de Meilhan.
  • Mercure de France, Paris, 1935 Les dernierés aurores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1938 Nouveaux fragments, Albert Messein Editeur, Paris, 1940 and 1943

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