Simion Stolnicu (pen name of Alexandru I. Botez; November 6, 1905–November 29, 1966) was a

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n poet. Born in Puchenii-Moșneni,

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, his parents were Al. Botez, a ''

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'' clerk, and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Ionescu). He attended primary school in his native village from 1914 to 1918, under the name Alexandrescu I. Alexandru. He then went to Saint Sava National College in

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from 1918 to 1925, taking the final years of high school privately at Câmpina. He studied at the University of Bucharest from 1932 to 1938, graduating from the literature faculty, with a specialty in French and Italian. He taught high school in Bucharest,

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, Câmpina and, from 1949, Comarnic. He made his literary debut in 1924, with poems published in the

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magazine ''Cosânzeana'' under the name Al. I. Alexandrescu. In 1925, verses of his appeared in ''Adevărul literar'' under the name Al. I. Botez. He first wrote as Simion Stolnicu, a name suggested by

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, in ''

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'' in 1926. He founded ''Rapsodul'' magazine in Ploiești in 1927. Other publications that ran his work include ''

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'', ''Kalende'', ''Vremea'', ''Ulise'', ''Abecedar'', ''Azi'', ''

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'' and ''Universul literar''. His first volume of poetry was ''Punct vernal'', followed by ''Pod eleat'' (1935). He died in

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, near Comarnic. The posthumous ''Șerpuiri între lut și torțele de aur'' (1973), aside from older poems, includes verses from 1935 to 1966. A second posthumous volume is ''Printre scriitori și artiști'' (1988). Poems, prose, drama, essays and memoirs remain as unpublished manuscripts.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 638. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stolnicu, Simion 1905 births 1966 deaths People from Prahova County Saint Sava National College alumni University of Bucharest alumni Romanian poets Romanian magazine founders Romanian schoolteachers