Ioan Adam (November 26, 1875 – May 18, 1911) was a
Romanian prose writer.
Born into a peasant family in
Vaslui, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by Vasile Lupu Normal School in
Iași
Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...
. He then taught school in
Cursești,
Vaslui County. He studied law at the
Free University of Brussels, obtaining a doctorate. He worked as a Romanian-language teacher in
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
and as a magistrate in
Călărași and
Tulcea. Under the name I. Blanc, his first work appeared in ''Adevărul illustrat''. He also published in the magazines ''Viața'', ''Foaia pentru toți'', ''
Convorbiri Literare
''Convorbiri Literare'' ( Romanian: ''Literary Talks'') is a Romanian literary magazine published in Romania. It is among the most important journals of the nineteenth-century Romania.
History and profile
''Convorbiri Literare'' was founded by ...
'', ''
Sămănătorul'', ''
Luceafărul'', ''Făt-Frumos'', ''Viața literară și artistică'', ''Ramuri'' and ''Neamul românesc literar''. In 1905, together with
I. U. Soricu and
Nicolae Dașcovici, he published the weekly ''Tribuna Dobrogei''. He authored a number of ''Sămănătorist'' short story collections and novels, including ''Flori de câmp'' (1900), ''Rătăcire'' (1902) and ''Sybaris'' (1902). He translated
Guy de Maupassant, significantly reducing the amount of violence from the original. His useful monograph ''Constanța pitorească'' (1908) is in the spirit of
Alexandru Vlahuță. He died in Iași.
[Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 147. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. ]
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1875 births
1911 deaths
People from Vaslui
Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni
Romanian male short story writers
Romanian short story writers
Romanian novelists
20th-century Romanian judges
Romanian schoolteachers
Romanian newspaper editors
Romanian translators
19th-century translators