Constantin T. Stoika (February 14, 1892 – October 23, 1916) was a

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n poet and prose writer. Born in

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to journalist Titus Stoika and his wife Irena (''née'' Ciorogârleanu), he attended primary school in Piatra Neamț and in the then-Austro-Hungarian

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. He also began at a gymnasium there, and completed this stage of his schooling at Buzău and Slatina. This was followed by high school in Pitești and the literature and philosophy faculty of the

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, from which he graduated in 1916. He made his published debut while still in high school, with poems (''Preludii'') and short prose works, published in 1909–1910 in ''Tinerimea literară și artistică'', which he edited together with his brother Cezar. He contributed to the

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-based ''Curierul liceului'' in 1910–1911. He was a member of the Gion literary society and of ''Societatea critică'' student circle, led by

Mihail Dragomirescu Mihail Dragomirescu (March 22, 1868 – November 25, 1942) was a Romanian aesthetician, literary theorist and critic. Born in Plătărești, Călărași County, he completed primary school in his native village in 1881, followed by Bucharest's G ...

. In 1914–1915, he edited ''Poezia'' magazine, which welcomed submissions from the younger generation while gaining prestige from the contributions of

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George Murnu George Murnu (; rup, Ioryi Murnu; 1 January 1868, Veria, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, now in Greece – 17 November 1957, Bucharest) was a Romanian university professor, archaeologist, historian, translator, and poet of Aromanian orig ...

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and Dragomirescu. His work also featured in ''Drum drept'', ''Dumineca'', ''Epoca'', ''Neamul românesc literar'', ''Noua revistă română'', ''Ramuri'', ''Săptămâna politică și culturală a capitalei'', ''Universul literar'' and '' Vieața Nouă''. Pen names that he used include Delaziliște, Tarmes, Tartar, Sapiens, Micado, Costo, Amor, St., Troedo and Ego. He collected his verses in the 1910 book ''Licăriri''. He translated works by

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited ...

Sully Prudhomme René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (; 16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901. Born in Paris, Prudhomme originall ...

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Ludwig Uhland Johann Ludwig Uhland (26 April 1787 – 13 November 1862) was a German poet, philologist and literary historian. Biography He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in ...

and Joséphin Péladan; the French poetry of

Iulia Hasdeu Iulia Hasdeu (; 14 November 1869 – 29 September 1888) was a Romanian poet, the daughter of writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. From a very young age, Hasdeu wrote poems and prose in both Romanian and French, taught herself forei ...

; and Horace and

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. In 1914, he graduated from the military artillery school with the rank of second lieutenant. After Romania's entry into

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in August 1916, he was assigned to a border regiment based in Câineni, on the frontier with

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. Two months later he was killed in action at Boișoara, near the Turnu Roșu Pass on the Carpathian front, during an artillery bombardment. He was buried on a hill next to Boișoara, and was decorated post-mortem. His war diary was published as ''Însemnări din zilele de luptă'' in 1921 and 1977.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 637. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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