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Oscar Lemnaru
Oscar Lemnaru (born Oscar Holtzman; February 1, 1907 – May 17, 1968) was a Romanian journalist, short story writer and translator. Born into a Romanian Jews, Jewish family in Bucharest, his parents were Solomon Holtzman and his wife Sali. He attended high school in Brailă, where he made his journalistic debut in 1927, in ''Florile Dunării'' magazine. Attracted by Bucharest, he dedicated himself to journalism, writing for Ion Vinea's ''Facla'', George Călinescu's ''Lumea'', ''Azi'', ''Reporter'' and ''Revista Fundațiilor Regale''. In addition to reporting, he commented on philosophy and art and submitted literary essays and aphorisms. He was an active participant in the city's coffee-house life, making puns and delivering memorably spirited soliloquies; his oral work was comparable to that of Păstorel Teodoreanu, Tudor Mușatescu and Șerban Cioculescu. He was friends with the latter, as well as with Ion Barbu and Camil Petrescu. Lemnaru's only book, the 1946 fantasy shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |