Ieronim Șerbu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ieronim Șerbu

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Botoșani, Botoșani County, Romania

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1972

Profession: writer, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ieronim ?erbu (pen name of Afon Herz Erick; December 2, 1911 – December 8, 1972) was a Romanian prose writer. Born into a Jewish family in Boto?ani, his parents were Avram Moise Erick and his wife Frieda Ruhla (née Sigal).
He attended Gheorghe Lazar High School in the national capital Bucharest.
From 1932 to 1943, he was a participant in the literary circle surrounding Sburatorul magazine.
His first published work appeared in 1932 in Discobolul, a magazine he founded with Dan Petra?incu.
He also wrote for Azi, Lumea, Via?a Româneasca, Revista Funda?iilor Regale and Gazeta literara, early on using the pen name Aron Ciuntu.?erbu's first book was the 1940 short story collection Dincolo de triste?e.
Two further story collections followed: Oamenii viseaza pâine (1945) and Vi?elul de aur (1949), as well as the novels Radacinile bucuriei (1954) and Podul amintirilor (1963).
An interesting memoir, Vitrina cu amintiri, appeared posthumously in 1973.
His articles on literary themes were collected as Itinerarii critice (1971).
?erbu's early prose was analytical; after 1945 and the country's turn toward socialist realism, he adopted social and ethical themes.
Despite rewriting texts subjected to various pressures, ?erbu did not manage to produce an artistically fulfilled body of work.