Alexandru Tudor-Miu (February 25, 1901 – July 26, 1961) was a

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n poet. Born into a peasant family in

Brazi Brazi is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...

, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by high school at

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...

. Between 1918 and 1920, he worked as a schoolteacher in Pantazi, in his native county. In 1921, he was a laboratory assistant at the refinery in

Câmpina Câmpina () is a municipiu, city in Prahova County, Romania, north of the county seat Ploiești, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical r ...

, and was subsequently employed by Concordia-Electrica company. From 1945 until his death, he headed the electrotechnical school in Câmpina. Together with Geo Bogza, he began the local surrealist movement. Inspired by the latter's magazine ''Urmuz'', he founded and edited three more: ''Câmpina'' (1927-1929), ''Prahova'' (1930) and ''Strada'' (1932-1936). His first poetry was published in ''Ploieștii literari'' in 1921; his first book was the 1932 ''Epode''. His two other volumes were ''Standard, poeme de petrol și energie'' (1934) and ''Întâlnire cu pasărea Phoenix'' (1947). Magazines that published his work include ''

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'', ''Universul literar'', ''Izbânda'', ''Viața literară'', ''

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'', ''Națiunea'' and ''

Viața Românească ''Viața Românească'' (, "The Romanian Life") is a monthly literary magazine published in Romania. Formerly the platform of the left-wing traditionalist trend known as poporanism, it is now one of the Writers' Union of Romania's main venues. ...

''. He left behind three volumes of poetry in manuscript form (''Albastru – poeme de mare'', ''Steaua Doftanei'' and ''Cheia Universală''), a book of newspaper reports (''Excursii'') and a historical monograph of Câmpinei. His poems, replete with metaphors, were written in surrealist fashion.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 732. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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1901 births 1961 deaths People from Prahova County Romanian male poets Romanian surrealist writers Romanian magazine founders Romanian magazine editors Romanian schoolteachers Heads of schools in Romania 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian male writers {{Romania-poet-stub