Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu 2001 Romania stamp

Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (; 8 December 1876 – 5 March 1955 in

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) was a novelist of the Romanian interwar period.

Life

Hortensia Bengescu was born in Ivești,

Galați County Galați () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați. History Historically Galați is part of Moldavia. In 1858, it was represented by Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the ''ad hoc Divan'' at Iași, in the wa ...

, on 8 December 1876. She was the daughter of General Dimitrie Bengescu and of Zoe (born Stefǎnescu). She attended high-school in Bucharest and, aged 20, she married the

magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...

Nicolae Papadat but her

literary Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to ...

career was delayed because her husband was transferred from town to town ( Turnu Măgurele, Buzău, Focşani, Constanţa) and because she had to take care of their four children: Nen, Zoe, Marcela and Elena. She died on 5 March 1955.

Works

*''Povârnişul'' (The Slope) – 1915; *''Ape adânci'' (Deep Waters) – 1919; *''Bătrânul'' (The Old Man) – 1920; *''Sfinxul'' (Sphinx) – 1920; *''Femeia în faţa oglinzii'' (The Woman in Front of the Mirror) – 1921; *''Balaurul'' (The Dragon) – 1923; *''Romanţă provincială'' (Provincial Romance) – 1925; *''Fecioarele despletite'' (The Disheveled Maidens) – 1926; *''Concert din muzică de Bach'' (A Concert of Bach's Music) – 1927; *''Desenuri tragice'' (Tragic Drawings) – 1927; *''Drumul ascuns'' (The Hidden Road) – 1933; *''Logodnicul'' (The Fiancé) – 1935; *''Rădăcini'' (Roots) – 1938; *''Teatru'' (Selected Plays) – 1965: ''Bătrânul'' (The Old Man), ''A căzut o stea'' (A star has fallen), ''Medievala'', ''Sora mea'' (My Sister), ''Ana''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Papadat-Bengescu, Hortensia People from Galați County Romanian novelists Romanian women writers Romanian dramatists and playwrights Burials at Bellu Cemetery 1876 births 1955 deaths