Eugen Boureanul (February 18, 1885–November 28, 1971) was a

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n prose writer. Born in

Tecuci Tecuci () is a city in Galați County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galați, Bârlad, and Mărășești. ...

, his parents were Gheorghe Boureanul, a general who had an engineering diploma from Germany, and his wife Zoița (''née'' Galery). After obtaining degrees in law, literature and philosophy from the

University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

, he took a doctorate in philosophy from the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

. Following his return to Romania, he worked as a lawyer, reporter, teacher and civil servant in

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and

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 ...

. From 1935 to 1944, he worked at the

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, where he reached the position of director. Boureanul's first published work appeared in ''

Sămănătorul ''Sămănătorul'' or ''Semănătorul'' (, Romanian for "The Sower") was a literary and political magazine published in Romania between 1901 and 1910. Founded by poets Alexandru Vlahuță and George Coșbuc, it is primarily remembered as a tribune ...

'' in 1905; his first book, ''Povestiri din copilărie'', came out the same year. His contributions ran in ''Flacăra'', ''Neamul românesc'', ''Floarea darurilor'', ''Drum drept'', ''Adevărul literar și artistic'', ''Arhiva'' and ''Evenimentul''. He published several books of sketches and stories, including ''Povestiri de pe dealuri'' (1926), ''Povestiri de prin văi'' (1928), ''Omul fără noroc'' (1931) and the novel ''Cel din urmă erou'' (1943). He took a long study trip that took him from Scandinavia to North Africa, Ceylon and western and northern India. The resulting ravel account appeared in partial form as ''De la Thule la Taprobana'' (1969). Boureanul translated works by

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

Gérard de Nerval Gérard de Nerval (; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855) was the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection ''Les Fil ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

and

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

. He won the

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prize in 1926. Boureanul died in Poenari. His son was the writer

Radu Boureanu Radu Boureanu (March 9, 1906 – September 5, 1997) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. Biography Born in Bucharest, his parents were Eugen Boureanul and his wife Jeanne (''née'' Michel), who was a schoolteacher of French orig ...

.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 204. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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