George Mihail Zamfirescu (born Gheorghe Petre Mihai; October 13,
1898â€"August 8, 1939) was a Romanian prose writer and playwright.He
was born in Bucharest, the son of Petre Mihai, a drayman, and his wife
Lina (Raluca) Costache. Between 1905 and 1916, he attended primary
school and six grades at Cantemir High School. From 1917 to 1918, he
went to a Botoșani school for training reserve officers, and saw
action in World War I in 1918. That year, he made his literary debut
with the poem "Versurile mele" in Literatorul, and became a frequent
participant in Alexandru Macedonski's circle. In 1920, he founded the
Association of young Romanian writers and Eroii patriei
magazine.[1]From 1922 to 1924, he was a civil servant handling social
insurance in Satu Mare, in the recently acquired Transylvania
province. While there, he founded the Society for Romanian theatre and
culture, and published his first volume, the 1924 Flamura albă. Back
in Bucharest, he obtained a post as librarian at the Libertatea
Circle. A period of intense journalistic activity followed, including
the drama column in Vremea review. In 1929, he was a director at the
national theatre in Cernăuți. At Bucharest, he founded the dramatic
companies Masca (1931) and 13+1 (1932), seeking to create a revolution
in the theatrical milieu.[1]As a director at the Iași National
Theatre from 1933 to 1939, he staged twenty-five plays. He was an
editor at Facla (1932), Adevărul and Dimineața (1937-1938). He
authored the prose volumes Gazda cu ochii umezi (1926) and Miss
(1942), the novel Madona cu trandafiri (1931) and the epic cycle
Bariera (Maidanul cu dragoste, 1933; Sfânta mare nerușinare, 1936;
Cântecul destinelor, 1939). His plays include Cuminecătura (1925),
Domnișoara Nastasia (1927), Sam (1929), Adonis (1930) and Idolul și
Ion Anapoda (1935). His 1938 book Mărturii în contemporaneitate,
which contains articles about the theatre, reflects the concerns of a
prominent figure of the interwar Romanian stage.[1]
1898â€"August 8, 1939) was a Romanian prose writer and playwright.He
was born in Bucharest, the son of Petre Mihai, a drayman, and his wife
Lina (Raluca) Costache. Between 1905 and 1916, he attended primary
school and six grades at Cantemir High School. From 1917 to 1918, he
went to a Botoșani school for training reserve officers, and saw
action in World War I in 1918. That year, he made his literary debut
with the poem "Versurile mele" in Literatorul, and became a frequent
participant in Alexandru Macedonski's circle. In 1920, he founded the
Association of young Romanian writers and Eroii patriei
magazine.[1]From 1922 to 1924, he was a civil servant handling social
insurance in Satu Mare, in the recently acquired Transylvania
province. While there, he founded the Society for Romanian theatre and
culture, and published his first volume, the 1924 Flamura albă. Back
in Bucharest, he obtained a post as librarian at the Libertatea
Circle. A period of intense journalistic activity followed, including
the drama column in Vremea review. In 1929, he was a director at the
national theatre in Cernăuți. At Bucharest, he founded the dramatic
companies Masca (1931) and 13+1 (1932), seeking to create a revolution
in the theatrical milieu.[1]As a director at the Iași National
Theatre from 1933 to 1939, he staged twenty-five plays. He was an
editor at Facla (1932), Adevărul and Dimineața (1937-1938). He
authored the prose volumes Gazda cu ochii umezi (1926) and Miss
(1942), the novel Madona cu trandafiri (1931) and the epic cycle
Bariera (Maidanul cu dragoste, 1933; Sfânta mare nerușinare, 1936;
Cântecul destinelor, 1939). His plays include Cuminecătura (1925),
Domnișoara Nastasia (1927), Sam (1929), Adonis (1930) and Idolul și
Ion Anapoda (1935). His 1938 book Mărturii în contemporaneitate,
which contains articles about the theatre, reflects the concerns of a
prominent figure of the interwar Romanian stage.[1]
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