Mihail Șerban (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian prose writer
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Place of Birth: Fălticeni, Suceava County, Romania
About Mihail Șerban (writer)
- Mihail ?erban (August 18, 1911–July 9, 1994) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Falticeni, his parents were Gheorghe ?erban, a clerk, and his wife Elena (née Verner).
- After attending the local Nicu Gane High School from 1923 to 1930, he studied at the law faculty of Ia?i University from 1930 to 1932.
- He then abandoned his studies and entered journalism, coming to Bucharest upon the encouragement of Eugen Lovinescu.
- Sequentially or simultaneously, he held a number of jobs: librarian and secretary's assistant at Mihai Viteazul High School (1934-1937), contributor and editor at Adevarul and Diminea?a newspapers (1935-1938), editor at Cezar Petrescu's România, civil servant at the State Sub-secretariate for Propaganda (1938-1947), inspector at the theatre directorate and then the literary directorate of the Arts and Information Ministry (1947-1948), editor of Calauza bibliotecarului and Îndrumatorul cultural (1949-1957), bibliographer at the Central State Library (until 1967).
- He was active in the Sburatorul literary circle.?erban's published debut took the form of poems and prose that appeared in Gazeta noastra in 1930.
- He also contributed to Adevarul literar ?i artistic, Vremea, Via?a Româneasca, Revista Funda?iilor Regale, Cuvântul liber and Reporter.
- He wrote numerous volumes of short stories (Nunta de argint, 1938; Câinii, 1939; Cântecul uitat, 1942; Furtuna, 1948; Când doarme pamântul, 1948) and novels (Idolii de lut, 1935; Infirmii, 1936; Gradina lui Dumnezeu, 1939; Sanda, 1941; Casa amintirilor, 1942; Fete batrâne, 1946; Pâinea inimii, 1949; Pamânt ?i oameni, 1957; Circul, 1972).
- Some appeared in several editions, while others were given awards: the Young Writers' Society Prize for Infirmii in 1936 and for Nunta de argint in 1939; the Arts Ministry granted him the Bratescu-Voine?ti Prize in 1942 for Casa amintirilor.
- His 1969 memoir, Amintiri, features his recollections of important interwar writers, including Ionel Teodoreanu, Damian Stanoiu and Felix Aderca.
- Although his themes are not rural, ?erban's prose, due to its lyrical tone and passivity in the face of one's environment, features within the late Samanatorist tradition.
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