Nicolae Cartojan

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Nicolae Cartojan (* 4. December 1883 in Călugăreni, Giurgiu County ; † 20th December 1944 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian linguist , Rumänist and medievalist .

life and work

Cartojan was a high school student in Bucharest (with a scholarship). From 1902 he studied at the University of Bucharest with Titu Maiorescu , Nicolae Iorga and above all with Ioan Bianu , whom he already knew from school. In 1910 he received his doctorate from Bianu with the work Alexăndria în literatura românească (Bucharest 1910). Then he was a high school teacher in Giurgiu and Bucharest. From 1912 to 1914 he was on leave for postgraduate studies in Berlin. In 1921 he received his habilitation with the work Noi contribuții la Alexăndria în literatura românească (Bucharest 1922). From 1923 to 1930 he was a professor at the College of Archival Studies and Paleography . In 1930 he became (as the successor to his teacher) professor at the University of Bucharest.

Cartojan was a member of the Romanian Academy (1941) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Padua (1942).

Works

  • Legendele Troadei în literatura românească , Bucharest 1925
  • Breve storia della letteratura romena , Rome 1926 (33 pages)
  • (Ed.) Mihail Kogălniceanu , Scrieri s̡i discursuri , Craiova 1928
  • Fiore di virtu in literatura romaneasca , Bucharest 1928
  • Carile populare în literatura românească , 2 vols., Bucharest 1929–1938, 1974
  • Cercetări literare , 5 vols., Bucharest 1934–1943
  • Poema cretana Erotocrit in literatura romaneasca si izvorul ei necunoscut , Bucharest 1935
  • Istoria literaturii române vechi , 3 vols., Bucharest 1940–1945, 1980; ed. by Rodica Rotaru and Andrei Rusu, Bucharest 1996
  • Mihail Kogălniceanu. Activitatea literară , Bucharest 1942

literature

  • Mario Ruffini, "Nicola Cartojan", in: La Rassegna Italo-Romena April 1953
  • Nicolae Florescu, Nicolae Cartojan, regăsind calea spre Padova , Bucharest 2001
  • Constantin Niţuică, Nicolae Cartojan. Monograph , Drobeta Turnu Severin 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Cartojan, Nicolae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cartojan, Nicola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian Romanist, Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Călugăreni, Giurgiu County
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1944
Place of death Bucharest