Nicolae Nicoleanu (born Neagoe Tomoșoiu; June 16, 1835–April 7, 1871) was an Imperial Austrian-born

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n poet.

Born in Cernatu Săcelelor, a village near

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in the

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, he crossed into

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to attend the episcopal seminary in

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, followed by the National College in

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. Aged 23, he left for Paris, returning three years later after passing through Berlin and Antwerp. He began his journalistic career at C. A. Rosetti's ''

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''. At age 27, having moved to

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, he was a clerk in

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; at 29, he was a school director in the provincial capital

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. He then worked as a clerk at the State Archives; spent a year as school inspector for

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and

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counties; was a clerk in the

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and a secretary at the

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in the Wallachian capital

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. He went insane at age 33 and never recovered, dying at a hospice in Pantelimon. His only published book, a collection of verses called ''Poezii'' and prefaced by

Iacob Negruzzi Iacob C. Negruzzi (December 31, 1842 – January 6, 1932) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and prose writer. Born in Iași, he was the son of Constantin Negruzzi and his wife Maria (''née'' Gane). Living in Berlin between 1853 and 1863, he at ...

, appeared at Iași in 1865.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 220. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicoleanu, Nicolae 1835 births 1871 deaths People from Săcele Romanian people in the Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867) Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Romania Romanian poets Romanian journalists Romanian civil servants Romanian archivists Heads of schools in Romania 19th-century poets