Alexandru Cazaban (October 6, 1872–May 24, 1966) was a

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n prose writer. Born in Iași to François Cazaban, who was of French origin, he graduated from the city's National College in 1895, following which he entered an architecture school that he did not complete. He worked by turns as a proofreader at '' Românul'', a rural schoolteacher, a draftsman, a veterinarian and a civil servant at the bridge and highway agency, before re-entering the newspaper business with the support of

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and

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. In 1898, he edited ''Bolta rece'' magazine at Iași, publishing humorous vignettes. His own publishing debut involved satirical sketches that appeared in Anton Bacalbașa's ''Moș Teacă''. Cazaban contributed short prose for the second series of

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's ''Moftul român'', as well as for ''Zeflemeaua'', ''Revista literară'', ''Flacăra'', ''

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'', '' Luceafărul'', ''

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'' and '' Adevărul''. He wrote short stories, sketches and tales published in volumes that included ''Deștept băiat!'' (1904), ''Chipuri și suflete'' (1908), ''Oameni cumsecade'' (1911), ''Între femeie și pisică'' (1913), ''Păcatul sfinției sale'' (1915), ''Dureri neînțelese'' (1917), ''Între frac și cojoc'' (1922) and ''Văzute și auzite'' (1958), as well as the 1924 novel ''Un om supărător''. His writings evoked provincial life and also cast a somewhat harsh light on the rural environment. An avid hunter, his 1939 ''Povestiri vânătorești'' deals with the topic. In 1937, he won the Romanian national prize for prose. He died in

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in 1966 at the age of 93.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 288. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cazaban, Alexandru 1872 births 1966 deaths Writers from Iași Romanian people of French descent Romanian male short story writers Romanian short story writers Romanian novelists Romanian schoolteachers Romanian veterinarians Romanian civil servants Romanian magazine editors Draughtsmen Romanian hunters