Name Corneliu Moldovanu | Role Poet | |
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Corneliu Moldovanu (pen name of Corneliu Vasiliu; 15 August 1883 – 2 September 1952) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and playwright.
Born in Barlad, his parents were Dumitrache Vasiliu, a merchant, and his wife Ruxandra (nee Rascanu). After attending primary school in his native town, he entered the Boarding High School in Iasi, 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 Iasi, Romania's temporary World War I capital, he published Romanul newspaper, together with Mihail Sadoveanu, Octavian Goga, Mihail Sorbul, Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea and Ion Minulescu. He was a founding member of the Romanian Writers' Society established in 1909, and served as its president form 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 si literatura romana, Noua revista romana, Convorbiri critice, Rampa, Flacara, Universul, Samanatorul and Luceafarul. His first book was the 1907 poetry collection Flacari, followed by Cetatea Soarelui si alte poeme (1910) and Poezii (1924), as well as the short prose books Negutatorul 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.