Ion Păun-Pincio (born Ion Păun; August 17, 1868–December 31, 1894) was a

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n poet.

Born in Mihăileni,

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, his parents were deputy

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Alexandru Păun and his wife Maria (''née'' Cozmiță). He attended high school in nearby Pomârla and in

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. Moving to the national capital

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in 1892, he became a day-laboring telegrapher and joined the circle for social studies, a socialist organization. His job took him to

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and to rural

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, after which he returned to Bucharest as editor of ''Lumea nouă'' socialist newspaper. He worked as a cashier at the

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-owned Bene Bibenti beer hall on Șelari Street. He made his published debut in '' Familia'' in 1888, also writing for ''Drepturile omului'', ''

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'', ''Ilustrațiunea română'', ''

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'', ''Vieața'', ''Literatură și știință'', ''Evenimentul literar'' and ''Munca științifică și literară''. After accompanying

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on a trip to Rome, he added "

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" to his name. As a poet, his style anticipated '' Sămănătorism'' and

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, and he was highly appreciated in socialist circles.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 318-19. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. In 1948, when it revamped the

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, the new

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selected him as a post-mortem member.Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent
at the Romanian Academy site

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paun-Pincio, Ion 1868 births 1894 deaths 19th-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets Romanian newspaper editors Romanian socialists People from Botoșani County Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously 19th-century Romanian male writers People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia