Alexandru Vlahuță
Alexandru Vlahuță (born September 5, 1858 in Pleşeşti , † November 19, 1919 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian writer and member of the Romanian Academy .
biography
Vlahuță, the son of a small landowner, attended elementary school between 1867 and 1878, then the grammar school in Bârlad and passed the Abitur in 1879 in Bucharest. In the same year he met Mihai Eminescu , with whom he was a close friend until his untimely death. He had to break off his law studies because of lack of money and he became a teacher. After he was first appointed (1880–1882) in Târgovişte to teach Latin and Romanian at the grammar school “Văcărescu”, then he had taught at various schools in Bucharest (“Școala Normală a Societății pentru Învățătura Poporulnaui Român”, “Azilul”, Elena Doamna "Liceul Sfântul Gheorghe"), Alexandru was school councilor in 1888 in the districts of Prahova and Buzău .
From 1893 to 1896, together with George Coşbuc, he first published the magazine “Vieața”, and in 1901 “ Sămănătorul ”. He also worked as a trainee lawyer at the "Casa Școalelor" (House of Schools).
During the First World War, he lived with his third wife Ruxandra in Iași , later in Bârlad, where he was always visited by budding writers whom he led.
Until his death he lived in a little house near the Agapia monastery , which is now home to the “Alexandru Vlahuță” memorial museum. This exhibits personal items, furniture, books from his library, first editions of his works, manuscripts by the author, but also paintings by his friend Nicolae Grigorescu . His will, in which he asked his wife to burn all of his manuscripts and to divide the fortune between her and her two daughters, is also kept there.
On October 28, 1948, he was accepted post mortem as an honorary member of the "Romanian Academy" along with other famous Romanian writers such as Mihai Eminescu, Ion Luca Caragiale and Ion Creangă .
Today the Humanistic Gymnasium in Bârlad, the "Colegiul Național" in Râmnicu Sărat and numerous other schools and streets bear his name.
Literary work
In 1880 he made his debut as a poet in the magazine "Convorbiri literare". During his teaching activity he made a name for himself as a writer with "Nuvele" (1886), "Poezii" (1887), "Din goana vietii" (1892) and "Icoane sterse" (1893), he also published many works (sketches, Stories, short stories) on the pages of "Sămănătorul".
From 1887 he came into conflict with the Academia Română , because both his prose work "Nuvele" and the volume of poems "Poezii" - despite strong support from Coşbuc - did not bring him the "Eliade Rădulescu" award. As a result, he refused to work as a corresponding member for the Academy in 1893. Because of this rejection, another novel, namely "În vâltoare" (1896) was not awarded a prize. Only three works were honored: “Clipe de liniște” with the “Năsturel Herescu” prize, “România pitorească”, and “Poezii 1880–1915” with the “Grand Prize of the Romanian Academy”. His best-known work was "România pitorească" (1901), of which the later historian and literary critic Dumitru Micu said it was an annotated geographical atlas, shaped by a great love for home. In 1910 he dedicated a lyrical monograph (1910) to his painter friend Grigorescu. He wanted to write a monograph on Ion Luca Caragiale and a continuation of his novel “Dan”, but he couldn't get around to it.
Vlahuţă not only tried to renew the writing style or to discover young talents, he also saw himself as an artist, whom he made responsible for the cultivation of ideas. A saying often quoted by him is: Un om care nu munceşte nu ştie să prețuiască munca altuia. (A person who doesn't work doesn't know how to appreciate someone else's work.)
Works (selection)
prose
- 1886 Nuvele, 261 pp.
- 1890 După Eminescu, 194 pp.
- 1892 Din goana vieții
- 1894 Dan, 336 pp.
- 1895 Un an de luptă, 248 pp.
- 1895 Icoane șterse (Nuvele și amintiri)
- 1896 În vâltoare - Nuvele și impresii, 221 pp.
- 1899 Clipe de linişte
- 1901 România pitorească, 330 pp.
- 1908 Din trecutul nostru, 126 pp.
- 1908 Din durerile lumii
- 1909 File Rupte, 260 pp.
- 1910 Pictorul NI Grigorescu
Poetry
- 1887 Poezii
- 1894 Poezii vechi și nouă, 143 pp.
- 1896 Iubire (1888–1895), 233 pp.
- 1904 Poezii (1880-1904)
- 1909 Poezii (1880–1908), 288 pp.
- 1911 La gura sobei, 282 pp.
- 1914 Dreptate, 251 pp.
- 1915 Poezii (1880-1915)
literature
- Valeriu Râpeanu: "Alexandru Vlahuță și epoca sa", Editura Tineretului, București 1956
- Virgiliu Ene: "Alexandru Vlahuță", Editura Albatros, București 1976
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Alexandru Vlahuţă, prietenul fidel al lui Eminescu ( Memento of February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.muzeulvrancei.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=15
- ↑ http://www.ro.biography.name/scriitori/8-romania/14-alexandru-vlahuta-1858-1919
- ↑ a b Casa memoriala Alexandru Vlahuta ( Memento from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- versuri-si-creatii.ro , Selected poems for reading
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vlahuță, Alexandru |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pleşeşti |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1919 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |