Ioan S. NeniÈ›escu (April 11, 1854â€"February 23, 1901) was a Romanian
poet and playwright.Born in Galați, his parents were Ștefan Vasiliu,
a manual laborer, and his wife Elisabeta (née Zaharia). After
completing the Alexandru Ioan I commercial school in his native town,
he finished high school, passing the exit examination at Iași. He
also audited courses at Iași University's literature faculty.
Nenițescu attended an officers' school, volunteered in the Romanian
War of Independence and was wounded at Grivitsa. He then studied at
the philosophy faculty of Berlin University, taking a doctorate in
1887 at Leipzig University with a thesis on Baruch Spinoza. He worked
as a schoolteacher and inspector in Bucharest. He traveled south of
the Danube, a trip that resulted in an ample "ethnic and statistical
study of the Aromanians" (De la românii din Turcia Europeană, 1895).
He sat in the Assembly of Deputies for his native Covurlui County, and
also served as prefect of Tulcea County in the Dobruja
region.[1]Nenițescu's first work appeared in the Galați newspaper
Gardistul civic. A member of Junimea, he published numerous poems in
its organ Convorbiri Literare. He also contributed to Albina, Amicul
copiilor, Revista nouă, Românul literar, Șezătoarea and Ziarul
presei. While in Bucharest from 1884 to 1888, he published Țara nouă
magazine, mainly submitting articles on pedagogy, ethics and
sociology. His first book was the 1880 poetry volume Flori de
primăvară, followed by Șoimii de la Războieni (1882) and Pui de
lei (1891, including an eponymous poem). Of the plays he wrote, the
only one he published was Radu de la Afumați (1897). In 1896,
Nenițescu was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
He died in Buzău. His son Ștefan also became a poet.[1]
poet and playwright.Born in Galați, his parents were Ștefan Vasiliu,
a manual laborer, and his wife Elisabeta (née Zaharia). After
completing the Alexandru Ioan I commercial school in his native town,
he finished high school, passing the exit examination at Iași. He
also audited courses at Iași University's literature faculty.
Nenițescu attended an officers' school, volunteered in the Romanian
War of Independence and was wounded at Grivitsa. He then studied at
the philosophy faculty of Berlin University, taking a doctorate in
1887 at Leipzig University with a thesis on Baruch Spinoza. He worked
as a schoolteacher and inspector in Bucharest. He traveled south of
the Danube, a trip that resulted in an ample "ethnic and statistical
study of the Aromanians" (De la românii din Turcia Europeană, 1895).
He sat in the Assembly of Deputies for his native Covurlui County, and
also served as prefect of Tulcea County in the Dobruja
region.[1]Nenițescu's first work appeared in the Galați newspaper
Gardistul civic. A member of Junimea, he published numerous poems in
its organ Convorbiri Literare. He also contributed to Albina, Amicul
copiilor, Revista nouă, Românul literar, Șezătoarea and Ziarul
presei. While in Bucharest from 1884 to 1888, he published Țara nouă
magazine, mainly submitting articles on pedagogy, ethics and
sociology. His first book was the 1880 poetry volume Flori de
primăvară, followed by Șoimii de la Războieni (1882) and Pui de
lei (1891, including an eponymous poem). Of the plays he wrote, the
only one he published was Radu de la Afumați (1897). In 1896,
Nenițescu was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
He died in Buzău. His son Ștefan also became a poet.[1]
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