Claudiu Isopescu ( – April 1, 1956) was an Austro-Hungarian-born

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 the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n literary historian and translator. Born into a well-read family

Frătăuții Vechi Frătăuții Vechi (german: Alt Fratautz, Alt-Frautautz, Alt-Deutsch-Fratautz) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages: namely Frătăuții Vechi and Măneuți ( hu, Andrásfalva). ...

, in the Bukovina region of Austria-Hungary, he graduated from the Greek Orthodox Gymnasium in

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

in 1912. He then entered Czernowitz University, interrupting his studies during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Following the incorporation of Bukovina into Romania at the war's conclusion, he enrolled in the literature faculty of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

. In 1919, he obtained a ''magna cum laude'' degree in modern philology, with a speciality in Italian. From 1920 to 1923, he taught Italian and German at Bucharest's Matei Basarab High School. Moving to Italy in 1923, he was a member of the '' Accademia di Romania'' for the next two years. In 1929, he became associate professor of Romanian language and literature at

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

, rising to full professor in 1936. His work appeared in the publications of the ''Accademia'', ''Ephemeris Dacoromana'' and ''Diplomatarium italicum''; in ''Codrul Cosminului'', ''Il giornale di politica e di letteratura'', ''Roma'', ''L’Europa Orientale'', ''Termini'', ''Revista germaniștilor români'', ''Meridiano di Roma'', ''Rassegna Italo-Romena'', ''Revue de Culture'', ''Européenne'', ''Atti dell’Academia degli Arcadi'', ''Le vie d’Oriente'', ''Cahiers "Sextil Pușcariu"'', ''Il libro italiano del mondo'', ''L’illustrazione toscana''; in the bound volumes put out by the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its byl ...

, and in various Italian academic publications. A researcher in the traditional mode of cultural and literary relations between Romania and Italy, he published the studies ''L’Italia e le origini della nuova letteratura romena'' (1929), ''La stampa periodica romeno-italiana in Romania e in Italia'' (1937) and ''Saggi romeno-italo-ispanici'' (1943), as well as exegeses on the works of Ion Codru-Drăgușanu and

Gheorghe Asachi Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer- border maker and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and ...

. He died in Rome.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 792. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Isopescu, Claudiu 1894 births 1956 deaths People from Suceava County Romanian Austro-Hungarians Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Chernivtsi University alumni University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Romanian expatriates in Italy Romanian literary historians Romanian philologists Romance philologists Romanian translators Romanian schoolteachers 20th-century translators 20th-century philologists