Nicolae Dunareanu

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Nicolae Dunareanu (Romanian: Nicolae Dunăreanu; born Nicolae Ionescu; 29 August 1881 - 17th October 1973) was known in Romanian literature as a prose writer. Dunareanu was born in Galati (Romaninan: Galaţ) into the family of Pavel Perju(a naval mechanic from Galati, originally from Tutova county), and of Emilia (the daughter of a Russian woman, married in Galati to the German Pomeranian, a mechanic)

Early Childhood

Born on the banks of the Danube, Dunareanu got to know the life of the port from an early age. During the summer holidays, his father would take him on the ship he worked on. On those trips he got to learn a lot, and discover the difficulties and beauties of life. On those same ships his father's nickname was Dunareanu, which the writer took to heart and adopted as his literary name, under which he would be included in the generation of realist writers from the beginning of the 20th century.

Education

• Primary school in Galati
• Secondary school studies in Galati and Iasi
• The University Pedagogical Seminary in Iasi (where he attended psychology and pedagogy courses and the courses of a "shooting and gymnastics" school, becoming a gymnastics teacher, both completed in 1900)
• Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest (1903)

Biography

While attending secondary studies in Iasi, through Nicolae N. Beldiceanu he met Mihail Sadoveanu (Romanian writer, journalist and politician). Sadoveanu became a close friend and a great influence in Dunareanu's life. In 1900 they both moved to Bucharest and continued their studies. After receiving his law license, he left to work on a commercial ship, in desire to travel, to meet new people and discover new places. After returning to the country, he retook the tests to reenter the education system, teaching gymnastics in high schools in Alexandria, Galati, Ramnicu-Vilcea, Ismail, Tulcea, and Chisinau. On 18th of October 1919 he became a professor at the military school in Chisinau, "Ferdinand" . In 1919 he became the director of the magazine Bessarabian Revival (Romanina: Renaşterea Basarabeană). Starting in 1920 he led the extracurricular service of the directorate of public institutions in Bessarabia. In the same year, 1920, N. Dunareanu was one of the founders of the Romanian Writers Society in Bessarabia together with Mihail Sadoveanu, Ştefan Ciobanu, Tudor Pamfile, N. N. Beldiceanu and Apostol D. Culea. Founded, together with Liviu Marian, the magazine Rebirth of Moldova (Romanina: Renaştea Moldovei). The first issue of the magazine appeared on April 1st 1920. This magazine in Chisinau was promoting reading and writing in Romanian, aiming to encourage local writers to write, thus trying to achieve a natural literary integration. . In 1904, on June 28th he moved to Bucharest and lived there for the remaining time. Throughout his life, N. Dunareanu translated numerous works from well known Russian writers like Anton Cehov, into Romanian language.

Works

• The tortured (Romanian: Chinuitii), short stories and sketches from port life,1907
• Reward (Romanian: Rasplate), (1908)
• Short stories and Sketches (Romanian: Nuvele si Schite), 1909
• From the Fog of Life (Romanian: Din Negura Vietii), 1912
• From the Reed Kingdom (Romanian: Din Imparatia Sfatului), 1912
• Sifted Times Traveling through Bessarabia (Romanian: Vremuri Cernite Calatorind prin Basarabia), 1920
• Shattered Hopes (Romanian: Nadejdi Spulberate), 1928
• Porters (Romanian: Hamalii), 1952

References

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