Pompiliu Constantinescu (May 17, 1901 – May 9, 1946) was a

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n literary critic.

Biography

He was born on May 17, 1901 in

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, "''in a place where he saw the light of day for the first time, on Sabines Street no. 109, the son of John Constantinescu, a customs house clerk, who studied much and of Vasilica Petrescu, nephew, on his father's side, of Constantine Constantinescu, originally from the vineyard village of

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, who settled in Bucharest, as a vineyard owner and merchant''" (

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). He attended

Gheorghe Lazăr Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), born and died in Avrig, Sibiu County, was a Transylvanian, later Romanian scholar, the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, 1817. Biography A Habsburg Empire subject, ...

and Mihai Viteazul High Schools in Bucharest, as well as educational tutorial classes, after which he attended the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the

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. He published articles in ''

Revista Fundațiilor Regale ''Revista Fundațiilor Regale'' ("The Review of Royal Foundations") was a monthly literary, art and culture magazine published in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeas ...

'' (''The Royal Foundations Magazine''), ''Kalende'' (''Kalends''), ''Mișcarea literară'' (''The Literary Movement''), ''

Sburătorul ''Sburătorul'' was a Romanian modernist literary magazine and literary society, established in Bucharest in April 1919. Led by Eugen Lovinescu, the circle was instrumental in developing new trends and styles in Romanian literature, ranging from a ...

'', ''Viața literară'' (''Literary Life'') and ''Vremea'' (''The weather''). Constantinescu became the director of the CFR High School Aurel Vlaicu, where he taught Romanian language and literature. He died from a heart attack on May 9, 1946 in Bucharest, while in full creative power.

Works

* ''Mișcarea literară'' (1927) * ''Opere și autori'' (1928) * ''Critice'' (1933) * ''Figuri literare'' (1938) * ''Tudor Arghezi'' (1940) * ''Eseuri critice'' (1947) * ''Scrieri alese'' (1957) * ''Scrieri'', vol. I-IV (1967–1972) * ''Studii și cronici literare'' (1974) * ''Poeți români moderni'' (1974) * ''Caleidoscop'' (1974) * ''Romanul românesc interbelic'' (1977) Romanian literary critics 1901 births 1946 deaths Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni University of Bucharest alumni Writers from Bucharest Heads of schools in Romania {{Romania-writer-stub