Gheorghe Sion (May 22, 1822 â€" October 1, 1892) was a Moldavian,
later Romanian poet, playwright, translator and memoirist.He was born
in Mamornița to paharnic (royal cup-bearer) Ioniță Sion and his
wife Eufrosina (née Schina), the daughter of Filiki Eteria member
Gheorghe Schina. His uncles included Constantin Sion, author of a
semi-fictitious noble genealogy (Arhondologia Moldovei); and spătar
Antohi Sion, the rumored author of Izvodul lui Clănău, an outright
forgery. After spending two years (1837-1839) at Saint Sava College in
Bucharest, the capital of Wallachia, he returned to his native
Moldavia. Entering the Iași-based provincial administration, he
became a copyist at the Justice Department in 1842, followed by work
as a clerk at the Interior Department. He became a wanted man for his
participation in the 1848 revolution, and so fled to Austrian-ruled
Transylvania. He returned to Iași in 1849, working as bureau chief at
the Department of Church Property and Public Education. From 1855, he
worked at the State Archives.[1]Subsequently, around the time of the
Union of the Principalities, Sion moved to Bucharest, where his posts
included membership in the Appeals Court and, from 1866, head of the
Tobacco Monopoly Company.[1] In 1868, he was elected a titular member
of the Romanian Academy.[2] In Bucharest, he founded Revista
Carpaților in 1860 and, together with V. A. Urechia, published
Transacțiuni literare și științifice starting in 1872. His volumes
included poetry (Ciasurile de mulțămire a lui Gheorghe Sion, 1844;
Din poeziile lui Gheorghe Sion, 1857), plays (Influința morală,
1869; La Plevna!, 1878; Dramatice, 1879; Sărutarea, 1888), a travel
book (Suvenire de călătoria în Basarabia meridională, 1857), and
memoirs (Suvenire contimpurane, 1888).[1]
later Romanian poet, playwright, translator and memoirist.He was born
in Mamornița to paharnic (royal cup-bearer) Ioniță Sion and his
wife Eufrosina (née Schina), the daughter of Filiki Eteria member
Gheorghe Schina. His uncles included Constantin Sion, author of a
semi-fictitious noble genealogy (Arhondologia Moldovei); and spătar
Antohi Sion, the rumored author of Izvodul lui Clănău, an outright
forgery. After spending two years (1837-1839) at Saint Sava College in
Bucharest, the capital of Wallachia, he returned to his native
Moldavia. Entering the Iași-based provincial administration, he
became a copyist at the Justice Department in 1842, followed by work
as a clerk at the Interior Department. He became a wanted man for his
participation in the 1848 revolution, and so fled to Austrian-ruled
Transylvania. He returned to Iași in 1849, working as bureau chief at
the Department of Church Property and Public Education. From 1855, he
worked at the State Archives.[1]Subsequently, around the time of the
Union of the Principalities, Sion moved to Bucharest, where his posts
included membership in the Appeals Court and, from 1866, head of the
Tobacco Monopoly Company.[1] In 1868, he was elected a titular member
of the Romanian Academy.[2] In Bucharest, he founded Revista
Carpaților in 1860 and, together with V. A. Urechia, published
Transacțiuni literare și științifice starting in 1872. His volumes
included poetry (Ciasurile de mulțămire a lui Gheorghe Sion, 1844;
Din poeziile lui Gheorghe Sion, 1857), plays (Influința morală,
1869; La Plevna!, 1878; Dramatice, 1879; Sărutarea, 1888), a travel
book (Suvenire de călătoria în Basarabia meridională, 1857), and
memoirs (Suvenire contimpurane, 1888).[1]
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