Sanda Movilă (pen name of Maria Ionescu-Aderca; January 7, 1900–September 13, 1970) was a

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n poet and novelist. Born in Cerbu,

Argeș County Argeș County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Pitești. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 Ro ...

, her parents were Ion Ionescu, a small-scale tradesman, and his wife Maria (''née'' Niculescu). She attended middle and high school in

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș (river), Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in th ...

from 1911 to 1919. In 1924, she graduated from the literature and philosophy faculty of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

, with a major in French. Subsequently, she was hired as a civil servant at the Ministry of Public Instruction. She was married to the writer

Felix Aderca Felix Aderca (; born Froim-Zelig ''Froim-ZeilicAderca; March 13, 1891 – December 12, 1962), , in '' Realitatea Evreiască'', Nr. 280-281 (1080-1081), August–September 2007 Boris Marian, , in '' Realitatea Evreiască'', Nr. 292-293 (1092-109 ...

. Her literary debut came in 1916, in ''

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'' newspaper, with the anti-World War I poem "8 octombrie". She attracted notice from

Eugen Lovinescu Eugen Lovinescu (; 31 October 1881 – 16 July 1943) was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the ''Sburătorul'' literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the ...

, to whom she owed both her pseudonym and her work being published in ''

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'' from 1921. Her first prose writing, ''Pata de umbră'', appeared in ''Sburătorul literar'' in 1922; the same literary magazine also ran her pieces ''Viața'', ''Cel din urmă vis'' and ''Gânduri''. Her first book was the 1925 volume of poetry ''Crinii roșii''. Other magazines that published her work: ''Curierul artelor'', ''Lumea copiilor'', ''Vremea'', '' Revista Fundațiilor Regale'', ''Adevărul literar și artistic'', ''Veac nou'', ''Flacăra'', ''

Viața Românească ''Viața Românească'' (, "The Romanian Life") is a monthly literary magazine published in Romania. Formerly the platform of the left-wing traditionalist trend known as poporanism, it is now one of the Writers' Union of Romania's main venues. ...

'', ''

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'' and '' Luceafărul''. Alone or in collaboration, she translated

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine ( ; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolism (movement), Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' ...

(''Fêtes galantes''),

Leconte de Lisle Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (; 22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle. Biography Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas i ...

(''L'Epiphanie''),

Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (, born Golikov, ; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian literature, Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children, and a Red Army commander.Arkady Gaidar. Biography. Timeline. Works by Arkady ...

(''

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''), Lev Kassil (''The Gladiator's Cup''),

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and Alina Centkiewicz (''Chelyuskin'') and

Gabriela Zapolska Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela Zapolska, was a Polish novelist, playwright, naturalist writer, feuilletonist, theatre critic and stage actress. Zapolska wrote 41 plays, 23 novels, 177 short stories, 25 ...

(''Images''). Movilă shifted between poetry (''Crinii roșii'', 1925; ''Călătorii'', 1946; ''Fruct nou'', 1948; ''Versuri'' 1966), story collections (''Neuitatele călătorii'', 1958; ''Câte se petrec pe mare'', 1962) and novels (''Desfigurații'', 1935; ''Nălucile'', 1945; ''Marele ospăț'', 1947; ''Pe văile Argeșului'', 1950; ''Viața în oglinzi'', 1970). Throughout, she used her vivid imagination to draw clear, lifelike portraits of the past.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 150-51. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Movila, Sanda 1900 births 1970 deaths People from Argeș County University of Bucharest alumni Romanian women short story writers Romanian civil servants Romanian women civil servants Romanian schoolteachers Romanian anti–World War I activists 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian translators 20th-century Romanian short story writers 20th-century Romanian women writers