Liviu Rebreanu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlivju reˈbre̯anu];
November 27, 1885 â€" September 1, 1944) was a Romanian novelist,
playwright, short story writer, and journalist.Born in Târlișua
(Hungarian: FelsÅ'ilosva; currently BistriÈ›a-Năsăud County),
Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was the second of
thirteen children born to Vasile Rebreanu, a schoolteacher, and
Ludovica Diuganu, descendants of peasants. His father had been a
classmate of George Coșbuc's and was an amateur folklorist. Liviu
Rebreanu went to primary school in Maieru (where he was taught by his
father), and then in Năsăud and Bistrița, to military school at
Sopron and then to the Ludovica Military Academy in Budapest. He
worked as an officer in Gyula but resigned in 1908, and in 1909
illegally crossed the Southern Carpathians into Romania, and lived in
Bucharest.He joined several literary circles, and worked as a
journalist for Ordinea, then for Falanga literară și artistică. At
the request of the Austro-Hungarian government, he was arrested in
February 1910; after being held at Văcărești prison, he was
extradited. Rebreanu was incarcerated in Gyula, being freed in August;
after a brief stay in the Bistrița-Năsăud region he returned to
Bucharest. In 1911â€"1912 he was secretary for the National Theater in
Craiova, where he worked under the direction of short story writer
Emil Gârleanu. He married actress Fanny Rădulescu.
November 27, 1885 â€" September 1, 1944) was a Romanian novelist,
playwright, short story writer, and journalist.Born in Târlișua
(Hungarian: FelsÅ'ilosva; currently BistriÈ›a-Năsăud County),
Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was the second of
thirteen children born to Vasile Rebreanu, a schoolteacher, and
Ludovica Diuganu, descendants of peasants. His father had been a
classmate of George Coșbuc's and was an amateur folklorist. Liviu
Rebreanu went to primary school in Maieru (where he was taught by his
father), and then in Năsăud and Bistrița, to military school at
Sopron and then to the Ludovica Military Academy in Budapest. He
worked as an officer in Gyula but resigned in 1908, and in 1909
illegally crossed the Southern Carpathians into Romania, and lived in
Bucharest.He joined several literary circles, and worked as a
journalist for Ordinea, then for Falanga literară și artistică. At
the request of the Austro-Hungarian government, he was arrested in
February 1910; after being held at Văcărești prison, he was
extradited. Rebreanu was incarcerated in Gyula, being freed in August;
after a brief stay in the Bistrița-Năsăud region he returned to
Bucharest. In 1911â€"1912 he was secretary for the National Theater in
Craiova, where he worked under the direction of short story writer
Emil Gârleanu. He married actress Fanny Rădulescu.
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