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Horia (name)
Horia is a Romanian-language male name that may refer to: * Horia Agarici * Horia Bernea * Horia Bonciu * Horia Brenciu * Horia Creangă * Horia Colibășanu * Horia Damian * Horia Demian * Horia Furtună * Horia Gârbea * Horia Hulubei * Horia Macellariu * Horia Moculescu * Horia-Roman Patapievici * Horia Sima * Horia Tecău Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Roje ... {{given name, Horia Romanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Agarici
Horia Agarici (; April 6, 1911 – July 13, 1982) was a Romanian aviator and World War II flying ace. Early life Agarici was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in the family of Constantin and Valeria, née Russo ( Alecu Russo was a relative of hers). Valeria died in 1914, when Horia was 2 years old. The death of his mother and the remarriage of Constantin to Sofia Cerna, the daughter of a Bucharest lawyer, alienated Horia from his father. Agarici lived much of his youth in Iași, Brașov, and Bucharest, where he attended the primary and the secondary schools. In 1929 he enrolled at the Polytechnical School in Timișoara; however, he dropped out for financial reasons (which also plunged him into depression), and in 1930 he enrolled instead at the Military Flying School in Bucharest. Military career For health reasons, he wasn't able to start his military training until 1931. Agarici didn't adapt easily to the military lifestyle: his military appearance looked a bit unkempt, he learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Bernea
Horia Bernea (14 September 1938, Bucharest – 4 December 2000, Paris) was a Romanian painter, who is considered part of the Neo-Orthodox Movement. Between 1990 and 2000, he was director of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant ( ro, Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român) is a museum in Bucharest, Romania, with a collection of textiles (especially costumes), icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life. One ... (Muzeul Țăranului Român, MȚR). External linksPaintings * Editura Liternet [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Bonciu
H. Bonciu, or Horia Bonciu (; reportedly born Bercu, Beniamin or Hieronim Haimovici, Alina Ianchiș"Un excentric cu pretenții: H. Bonciu" in Caiete Silvane'', August 2010Irimescu, p.49Florina Pîrjol in ''Observator Cultural'', Nr. 279, July 2005 also known as Bonciu Haimovici, Haimovici Bonciu;Ornea, ''Anii treizeci'', p.451 May 19, 1893 – April 27, 1950), was a Romanian novelist, poet, journalist and translator, noted especially as an atypical figure on his country's avant-garde scene. His work, comprising several volumes of poetry and two novels, is a mixture of influences from the diverse literary schools of Europe's modernism, and, unusually in the context of Romanian literature, borrows heavily from German-born movements such as Expressionism. The autofictional and cruel detail in Bonciu's narratives makes him a senior figure among Romania's own '' Trăirist'' authors, while its capture of the unnaturally grotesque also finds him as one of the country's Neoromantics and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Brenciu
Horia Brenciu (; born Horea Augustus Brenciu on 27 August 1972 in Brașov) is a Romanian singer, television host for the Romanian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', entertainer, and philanthropist. He studied at National College Andrei Şaguna from Braşov, then he continued to Şcoala Populară de Artă Braşov, at piano and canto class, and in 1998 he finished The Theater Academy in Bucharest. At 18 years old he started his musical career by singing with the piano in his own band, ''"Apropo"''. In 1993, he entered into the world of television as the host for a popular show, at that time called ''Robingo'' at TVR. In the following years he was a prominent TV presenter, and he was the host of some kids' shows, such a''TIP TOP MINITOP''an''KIKI RIKI MIKI''(1998–2001). In 2002, he created one of the most important brands in Romania, ''HB Media'', and from 2004 to 2010, he was the planner of ''Stars on Mariott'' and other popular shows for New Year's Eve. From 2003, he made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Creangă
Horia Creangă (20 July 1892 – 1 August 1943) was an architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ... and key figure of the modernist movement in Romania. Described as "the true founder of the modernist age" in his native county, he is best known as the designer of the first large scale modernist building in Romania, the ARO building on Magheru Boulevard, Bucharest, completed in 1931. Early life Born in Bucharest on 20 July 1892, the grandson of the famous Romanian writer Ion Creangă, he studied at the Bucharest School of Architecture in 1916 before attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, graduating in 1925. His mentor Gustav Umbdenstock then secured a position for him in the Romanian Nord Railway company,Machedon and Scoffham, 52. and in late 1926, he returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Colibășanu
Horia Colibășanu (born 4 January 1977, in Timișoara) is a Romanian climber. He is the first Romanian to reach the summits of K2, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Kangchenjunga. He climbed ten of the most difficult peaks in the world, above 8,000 m. In 2009 Horia received the “Spirit of Mountaineering” award for his role in the rescue operation of Iñaki Ochoa de Olza. 8,000 m+ mountains summited * 2004: K2 (8,611 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen * 2006: Manaslu (8,163 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen * 2007: Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen * 2009: Shishapangma Central Summit (8,013 m) - without bottled oxygen * 2010: Annapurna (8,091 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen * 2011: Makalu (8,481 m) - without bottled oxygen * 2013: Lhotse (8,516 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen * 2014: Shishapangma Main Summit (8,027 m) - without bottled oxygen * 2017: Everest ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Damian
Horia Damian (Bucharest, 27 Feb 1922 - Paris 14 May 2012) was a Romanian painter and sculptor. Biography Damian enrolled at the School of Architecture in Bucharest in 1941. In that same year he made his debut at the Salonul Official de Pictura at Sala Dalles in Bucharest. His first one-man show took place at the Ateneul Roman in Bucharest in 1942. He was awarded the Anastase Simu Prize for painting. In 1946, he won a scholarship to Paris, where he later settled. After a few months with André Lhote he worked with Daniel Lager in 1949-50 and then studied with Auguste Herbin, becoming acquainted with Piet Mondrian's work through Felix del Marle (1889–1952). This encounter with abstract art led to his first truly original paintings, such as ''Starry Night'', which consists of a geometric arrangement of white dots. He destroyed most of the works he produced during the second half of the 1950s, an experimental period for him. His works of the early 1960s, executed in oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Demian
Horia Demian (1942–1989) was a Romanian basketball player who played for U Cluj (Ştiinţa Cluj between 1951–1965, currently U-BT Cluj-Napoca) from 1960 until 197 During that period, U Cluj finished second in one season and third in four seasons in the Romanian Basketball Division Abr> Career He was selected to play in the 165 times and received the award "Maestru al Sportului" from the in 1964. He took part in f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Furtună
Horia Furtună (June 21, 1888 – March 8, 1952) was a Romanian poet, playwright and prose writer. Born in Focșani, his father Ioan Ștefănescu was inspector general of the veterinary service; his mother was Speranța-Plautina (''née'' Vasiliu). In 1883, his father formally changed his surname to Furtună. Horia studied law at the University of Paris, graduating in 1909 and earning a doctorate in 1915; his thesis dealt with legal remedies for insurers faced with risk created by third parties to contracts. From 1915, he practiced law at the Ilfov County bar, and then directed the theatre service of Radiodifuziunea Română from 1934 to 1948. Together with Ion Pillat and Adrian Maniu, he headed ''Flacăra'' magazine in 1916. He and Pillat founded the ''Cărțile albe'' collection, which put out Alexandru Macedonski's '' Flori sacre'' in 1912. From 1916 to 1918, he fought in World War I, being taken prisoner and interned at Stralsund. His literary debut took place in the ''Ade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horia Gârbea
Horia-Răzvan Gârbea or Gîrbea (; born August 10, 1962) is a Romanian playwright, poet, essayist, novelist and critic, also known as an academic, engineer and journalist. Known for his work in experimental theater and his Postmodernist contributions to Romanian literature, he is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania (USR), its public relations executive and the head of its Bucharest chapter. Also recognized for his contribution to Romanian humor and his essays, he has published regularly in journals such as ''Contemporanul'', '' Luceafărul'', '' Ramuri'' and '' Săptămâna Financiară''. His career in the media also covers screenwriting for Romanian television stations and the popularization of contract bridge. The author of several scientific works on engineering, Gârbea is also a faculty member at the University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. The recipient of several national awards for literature, he received critical attention for plays, short storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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