Teodor Murăşanu (; 19 July 1891 in

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– 2 September 1966) was a writer and teacher in

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in the first half of the 20th century.

Biography

Teodor Murășanu was born in a peasant family. He was the second of the five children of Vasile Murășanu and Eudochia (Dochița), born Danciu, both peasants from Urca. He attended high school in

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(1904–1912), then studied at

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(1912–1916) and

Franz Joseph University Royal Hungarian Franz Joseph University () was the second modern university in the Hungarian realm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Founded in 1872, its seat was initially in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca). After World War I, it first moved to Budap ...

(1918–1919). In 1919, he was appointed teacher of

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at King Ferdinand High School in Turda. In 1916 he was ordained priest on behalf of Panticeu parish. Between 1918 and 1919 he studied Philology and Philosophy at the

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, after which he was appointed professor of Romanian language and literature at the "King Ferdinand High School" in

(today Mihai Viteazul National College), where he founded reading society "Titu Maiorescu" and founded the school magazine "Fire Cake". He made his debut in 1906 with the poem "Pastel", printed in the weekly magazine " Unirea" from

. He collaborated in various publications, especially with poems, both before and after the

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of 1918. After 1918 he wrote in Turda, with some intermittencies, the weekly "Turda" (or "Arieșul"), and between 1933 and 1943 the prestigious “Pagini literare” magazine, with the collaboration of

Pavel Dan Pavel Dan (September 3, 1907 – August 2, 1937) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer. He was born in Tritenii de Jos, Clapa, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region. His parents, Simion Dan and Maria (''née'' Te ...

, Mihail Beniuc, Grigore Popa and others. He published several volumes of poems: “Poems” (Turda, 1920), “Winds blown by the wind” (Arad, 1923), “Sacrifice smoke” (

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, 1923; volume awarded in 1934 by the Romanian Academy, at the proposal Octavian Goga), “Chiot câmpenesc” (Cluj, 1926), “Lilioara” (Sighișoara, 1938 and Cluj, 1982). He also published volumes of prose. He contributed to the establishment of the “Arieșul” printing house in Turda. In his memory, in front of the former "King Ferdinand High School" in Turda (today Mihai Viteazul National College) a statue was installed (the work of sculptor Aurel Terec, unveiled on 25 October 1995), and the Turda Municipal Library and a school in Turda are named "Teodor Murășanu" ("Teodor Murășanu" School, 53 Dr. Ion Rațiu Street). {{DEFAULTSORT:Murasanu, Teodor People from Câmpia Turzii Romanian essayists Romanian schoolteachers Romanian Greek-Catholic priests Romanian biographers Romanian male writers Romanian male biographers 1891 births 1966 deaths Franz Joseph University alumni Budapest University alumni Romanian textbook writers Romanian journalists 20th-century Romanian civil servants 20th-century Romanian educators Romanian male essayists 20th-century essayists 20th-century journalists 20th-century Romanian memoirists