Anton Holban (; 10 February 1902, in Huşi – 15 January 1937, in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

) was a Romanian novelist. He was the nephew of

Eugen Lovinescu Eugen Lovinescu (; 31 October 1881 – 16 July 1943) was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the ''Sburătorul'' literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the u ...

. The son of Gheorghe Holban (whom had from his father’s side Germanic ancestry) and Antoaneta Lovinescu, he was a writer, French teacher and theoretician of the novel. He first read fragments of his novels at his uncle's literary club -

Sburătorul ''Sburătorul'' was a Romanian Modernism, modernist literary magazine and literary society, established in Bucharest in April 1919. Led by Eugen Lovinescu, the circle was instrumental in developing new trends and styles in Romanian literature, rangi ...

, and this is considered to be his debut.

Major works

Novels

* ''Romanul lui Mirel'', 1929 * ''O moarte care nu dovedeşte nimic'', 1931 * ''Parada dascălilor'', 1932 * ''Ioana'', 1934 * ''Jocurile Daniei'' (posthumous publication in 1971)

External links

The official website of the Lovinescu Family
1902 births 1937 deaths Romanian male novelists People from Huși 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Romanian male writers {{Romania-writer-stub