Ionel Teodoreanu (January 6, 1897 - February 3, 1951) was a Romanian novelist and lawyer who lived between the two World Wars. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania He is mostly remembered for his books on childhood and adolescence themes.
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Biography
Born in Iaşi into a family of intellectuals, Teodoreanu followed his father (Osvald Teodoreanu) and older brother (Păstorel Teodoreanu, himself a well-known writer) in studying law and becoming a lawyer. Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/ or Jassy, is a city and municipality in north-eastern Romania. After graduating the National Highschool in Iaşi, he obtained his Law degree in 1919. Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/ or Jassy, is a city and municipality in north-eastern Romania. Although he worked as a lawyer, he was more attracted to literature.
In 1920, he married Ştefana Lupaşcu (who was also a writer, under the pen name of Ştefana Velisar).
Literary activity
He made his debut in 1919, with the Bunicii ("The Grandparents") sketch, in the review Însemnări literare. His editorial debut was represented by the short story volume Uliţa copilăriei ("Childhood Lane", 1923). Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Like his brother Păstorel - a renowned epigrammatist - he was linked to the Viaţa Românească group led by Garabet Ibrăileanu (who considered Ionel Teodoreanu to be one of the most promising writers of the generation following World War I). An epigram is a short Poem, often with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement Garabet Ibrăileanu ( May 23, 1871 — March 11, 1936) was a Romanian literary critic and theorist writer Translator World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
In Iaşi, under Ibrăileanu's leadership, he took active part in one of the most vibrant cultural movements in Romania between the two World Wars. In this environment, Ionel Teodoreanu published his classic novel trilogy La Medeleni ("In Medeleni") (1925 - 1927); its publishing was welcomed by Ibrăileanu with an enthusiastic review. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
La Medeleni
Ionel Teodoreanu has written around 20 books, but his greatest success, especially with children and young people, was La Medeleni. The critics emphasised the writer's fresh depiction of childhood and the exuberant teen age.
La Medeleni's three volumes include several autobiographical episodes, and, on a universal level, constitute a subtle analysis of the human soul. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" The author created several memorable characters, among which the two heroines (Olguţa and Monica). Despite George Călinescu's objections - he expressed his belief that Teodoreanu's style was too laden with metaphors and rather baroque - it could also be said that the novel relies on lively depictions of the adolescent soul and its poetry, aiming to envelop the reader in an accomplished rendition of the adolescent universe. George Călinescu ( June 19, 1899, Bucharest - March 12, 1965, Otopeni) was a Romanian literary critic historian Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc
The universe of La Medeleni reflects the upper-middle-class environment in Romania during the early decades of the 20th century. The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the Social group constituted by higher-status members of the Middle class. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on It depicts the innocence of childhood which the ravages of the World War and its aftermath would soon shatter. Although Teodoreanu did not write it as an autobiography, his experience of having grown up in such a family in Moldavia during this time did serve as the basis for the book. Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians
Teodoreanu abandoned the childhood theme in most of his later literary works and never again reached the same level of success.
Selected published novels
- La Medeleni ("In Medeleni")
- Bal mascat ("Masquerade Ball")
- Fata din Zlataust (The Girl of Zlataust)
- Lorelei
- Golia
- Turnul Milenei ("Milena's Tower")
- Iarbă ("Grass")
Autobiographical prose
- În casa bunicilor ("My Grandparents' House")
- Masa umbrelor ("Table of Shadows")
References
- Kurt W. Treptow. Introduction to One Moldavian Summer by Ionel Teodoreanu
External links
- (Romanian) Ionel Teodoreanu
- (French) Ionel Teodoreanu
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