Nicolae Davidescu

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Name Nicolae Davidescu Role Poet		Died June 12, 1954

Luna de vara (The summer moon) (La lune d'ete)

Nicolae Davidescu ([nikoˈla.e daviˈdesku]; October 24, 1888 – June 12, 1954) was a Romanian symbolist poet and novelist.

1910: La fântâna Castaliei ("At Castalia's Well") - parnassianist poems

1916: Inscripţii ("Engravings") - influenced by Charles Baudelaire

1928 – 1937: Cântecul omului ("The Song of Man") - recreating of the world history, influenced by La Légende des siècles (Victor Hugo).

1912: Zâna din fundul lacului ("The Fairy at the Bottom of the Lake") - an exercise in symbolism;

1915: Sfinxul ("The Sphinx")

1928: Vioara mută ("The Muted Violin") - influenced by social psychology;

Two collections of his literary criticism were published posthumously:

1975: Aspecte şi direcţii literare ("Literary Conventions and Directions")

1977: Poezii, teatru, proză ("Poetry, Drama, Prose").

Nicolae Davidescu collaborated at Viața Românească.

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