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Alice Călugăru
Alice Ștefania Stănescu Călugăru (pen name Alice Orient; July 4, 1886 – 1924) was a French-born Romanian poet. Biography Born in Paris, her parents were Ștefan Stănescu Călugăru, an officer in the Romanian Army, and his wife Maria (''née'' Carabella). She attended high school in Bucharest, where she was classmates with George Topîrceanu, and graduated in 1907. She began publishing verses at an early age, in ''Sămănătorul'' (1903) and ''Dumineca'' (1905). The only poetry book she put out was ''Viorele'' (1905). Other magazines that ran her work include ''Analele literare, politice, științifice'', ''Viața literară'', ''Luceafărul (magazine), Luceafărul'', ''Ramuri'', ''Convorbiri Literare'' and ''Viața Românească''. She moved to Paris after 1908, marrying journalist Louis Constant Edgar Müller in 1921. In France, she signed her work with the pen name "Alice Orient". In 1914, she entered her poem "Les perles" into the Femina literary competition, winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to merge multiple persons into a single identifiable author, or for any of several reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's real identity may be known only to the publisher or may become common knowledge. In some cases, such as those of Elena Ferrante and Torsten Krol, a pen name may preserve an author's long-term anonymity. Etymology ''Pen name'' is formed by joining pen with name. Its earliest use in English is in the 1860s, in the writings of Bayard Taylor. The French-language phrase is used as a synonym for "pen name" ( means 'pen') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
