Constantin Sandu-Aldea (November 22, 1874 – March 21, 1927) was a

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n agronomist and prose writer. Born in

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, his parents were the cart driver Sandu Petrea Pârjol and his wife Tudora. After completing studies at Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila, he attended the

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-based Herăstrău Agriculture School between 1892 and 1896, graduating as an agronomist. He did not find a job in the field, but instead worked as an estate administrator at Crivina, Prahova County; a fisheries agent; a ''

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'' clerk and an editor and proofreader for ''Floare-albastră'', '' Epoca'', ''România jună'' and ''Apărarea națională'' magazines. Between 1901 and 1907, he took advanced courses at the École nationale supérieure d'horticulture in

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; he studied at the

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from 1904 and earned a doctorate in 1906. Sandu-Aldea worked as a teaching assistant for applied agriculture and zootechnics at the model farm in Laza,

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; served as bureau chief in the Agriculture and Domains Ministry; and, from 1908, was professor and director of the Herăstrău school. He was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1919.Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent
at the Romanian Academy site Sandu-Aldea made his literary debut with poems in '' Vieața'' (1896), also writing for ''Lumea nouă literară și științifică'', '' Familia'', ''Floare-albastră'', ''Curierul literar'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Luceafărul'' and ''

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'', and using the pen names S. Voinea, C. Răsvan, S. Dancu, Cheptea, Stan Pârjol and Miron Aldea. He wrote a number of valued scientific texts about wheat; his prose fiction deals especially with rural subjects and attempts to reveal the depth and diversity of the peasant soul. Representative works include ''Drum și popas'' (1904), ''În urma plugului'' (1905) and ''Pe drumul Bărăganului'' (1908), collections of tales and short stories; and the novels ''Două neamuri'' (1906) and ''Pe Mărgineanca'' (1912), which feature bitter conflicts between social classes, resolved in ''Sămănătorist'' fashion. He translated works by Henrik Ibsen,

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and

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.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 518-19. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandu-Aldea, Constantin 1874 births 1927 deaths People from Brăila County Romanian agronomists Romanian civil servants Romanian magazine editors Romanian male short story writers Romanian short story writers Romanian novelists Romanian translators Romanian science writers Căile Ferate Române people Corresponding members of the Romanian Academy