Pavel Dan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pavel Dan

Romanian writer (1907-1937)

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1907

Place of Birth: Clapa, Cluj County, Romania

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1937

Profession: writer, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Pavel Dan

  • Pavel Dan (September 3, 1907–August 2, 1937) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Tritiul de Sus, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region of Romania, his parents Simion Dan and Maria (nĂ©e Tescariu) were poor peasants.
  • He began primary school in 1914, and would later caricature his classmate Samoila Gabor in "Intelectualii".
  • He took part in a peasant uprising in nearby ?igareni village, later transposing the event into another era in "Iobagii".
  • In 1919, following the union of Transylvania with Romania, he entered the Romanian high school in Turda; "ĂŽntâlnire" and "Vedenii din copilarie" dealt with the atmosphere of the provincial town.
  • During this period, the only positive figure in Dan's life was his teacher Teodor Mura?anu, himself a writer and editor at Pagini literare, where Dan also contributed.
  • As a schoolboy, he was preoccupied by large-scale literary projects that remained unfinished (the novels Mizerie and Logodnica, and the novella O razbunare sângeroasa).
  • He was a participant in the activities of the Titu Maiorescu reading society, and the magazine Fire de tort appeared upon his initiative in 1925.
  • In 1927, he entered the literature faculty of Cluj University; his main specialty was Romanian language, with a secondary field being Latin.
  • He was involved in Victor Papilian's circle.Dan's published debut as a critic took place in 1930, with a review of Garabet Ibraileanu's Note ?i impresii in Darul vremii.
  • The second number of the same magazine included his short story "Ursita".
  • In 1931, he became librarian and pedagogue at the high school in Turda.
  • The following year, he was hired to teach at Sfântul Vasile High School in Blaj.
  • From 1934 to 1936, he published a number of stories in Blajul magazine, including "ĂŽl duc pe popa", "Corigen?e", "ĂŽntâlnire" and "La Ă®nchisoare".
  • A single prose work of his, "Priveghiul", ran in Gândirea.
  • In 1936, he won the literary contest of România noua with the story "Iobagii".
  • The short story collection Urcan batrânul, introduced by Ion Chinezu, was published posthumously in 1938.
  • Soon after the event, Octav ?ulu?iu wrote that his death "has cut short the appearance of one of the greatest Romanian writers, in the full course of his evolution".
  • A more circumspect George Calinescu merely lamented the early passing of "a probably powerful writer".

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