Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea
Statue of Dobrogeanu Gherea in Ploiesti
Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea (born May 21, 1855 in Slavyanka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate , Russian Empire , today Ukraine ; † May 7, 1920 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian author and politician .
Dobrogeanu-Gherea was born Solomon Katz to a Jewish-Ukrainian family. He graduated from high school in Kharkov , but then ran a blacksmith's shop in Slavyanka for a while and later worked in Romania and Switzerland as a blacksmith or locksmith.
Later he went to Romania and started working for a socialist transformation of the country. He belongs to the generation of Ion Luca Caragiale , Mihai Eminescu and Titu Maiorescu .
His main work Neo-iobagic or The New Serfdom deals with the semi-feudal living conditions of Romanian farmers.
literature
- Dionisie Ghermani: Dobrogeanu-Gherea, Constantin . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 414 f.
- M. Shafir: "Romania's Marx" and the National Question. Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea . In: History of Political Thought . 1984. Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 295-314
- Leon Trotsky : The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 . Arbeiterpresse Verlag, Essen, ISBN 3-88634-058-9 , ISBN 3-88634-065-1
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dobrogeanu-Gherea, Constantin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Solomon Katz (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian author and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slavyanka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, now Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1920 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |