Tudor Pamfile (11 June 1883 – 21 October 1921) was a

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n writer. Tudor Pamfile was born on 11 June 1883 in the village of

Țepu Țepu is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to th ...

in Tecuci County (now in

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). He attended primary school and the gymnasium in

Tecuci Tecuci () is a city in Galați County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galați, Bârlad, and Mărășești. ...

, and then transferred to the Military School in

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. During his studies, he was befriended by

Ioan Bianu Ioan or Ion Bianu (1856 or 1857 – February 13, 1935) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian philologist and bibliographer. The son of a peasant family from Transylvania, he completed high school in Blaj, where he became a disciple of Timotei ...

, who introduced him to the literary circles of Bucharest. Upon graduation he was assigned to the Third Roșiori Regiment in

Bârlad Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad (river), Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia. At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret (river ...

. Tudor Pamfile's work, as a writer was significantly influenced by ethnographer and

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Simeon Florea Marian. Pamfile himself is counted among prominent folklorists. He, together with Arthur Gorovei, have been credited with being the first scholars to collect genuine Romanian folktales. Pamfile was editor of the magazines '' Ion Creangă'' and ''

Miron Costin Miron Costin (March 30, 1633 – 1691) was a Moldavian (Romanians, Romanian) political figure and chronicler. His main work, ''Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei e la Aron Vodă încoace' (''The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia rom the rule ...

'', both published in Bârlad. He also supported the magazine ''Freamătul'' initially published in

, but which moved to Bârlad. He wrote several ethnographic studies and contributed to the magazines ''Șezătoarea'', ''Analele Academiei Române'', ''Convorbiri Literare'', ''Floarea darurilor'', ''Însemnări literare'', ''Lamura (magazine), Lamura'', ''Viața Românească'', ''Viața literară și artistică'' and '' Lumina poporului''. With George Tutoveanu and , he was one of the founders of the literary society, Academia Bârlădeană. Pamfile died on 21 October 1921 in

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(now in

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Works

* ''Jocuri de copii'' (3 volumes), București, 1906–1909 * ''Cartea pentru tineret de la sate'' București, 1907 (with Mihai Lupescu and L. Mrejeriu * ''Povestire pe scurt despre neamul românesc'' – Bârlad, 1907 * ''Cimilituri românești'' – București, 1908 * ''Graiul vremurilor'' (stories) – Vălenii de Munte, 1909 * ''Feţi frumoşi de odinioară'' (stories) – București, 1910 * ''Industria casnică la Români. Trecutul și starea ei de astăzi'' – București, 1910 * ''Sărbătorile de vară la români'' "Summer Holidays of the Romanians" – București, 1910 * ''Boli și leacuri la oameni, vite şi păsări'' – București, 1911 * ''Firișoare de aur'' (stories and legends) – București, 1911 * ''Sfârșitul lumii după credințele poporului român'' – Bârlad, 1911 * ''Culegere de colinde, cîntece de stea, vicleime, sorcove şi plugușoare, întocmite pentru folosul tineretului ce urează la Crăciun și Anul Nou'' – București, 1912 * ''Culegere de ghicitori românești (cimilituri)'' – București, 1912 * ''Agricoltura la români'' – București, 1913 * ''Cântece de țară'' – București, 1913 * ''Povestea lumii de demult'' "Story of the World of Yore" – București, 1913 * ''Cromatica poporului român'' (with Mihai Lupescu) – București, 1914 * ''Diavolul învrăjbitor al lumii'' – București, 1914 * ''Însemnări cu privire la moșia, satul și biserica de la Strîmba din comuna Puiești, județul Tutova'' (with V. C. Nicolau) – Bîrlad, 1914) * ''Sărbătorile de toamnă și postul Crăciunului'' – București, 1914 * ''Sărbătorile la români. Crăciunul'' – București, 1914 * ''Un tăciune şi-un cărbune. (stories)'' – București, 1914 * ''Dragostea în datina tineretului român'' * ''Pământul după credinţele poporului Român''. * ''Văzduhul după credințele poporului Român'' (with ) * ''Cerul și podoabele lui, după credințele poporului Român'' (with Antoaneta Olteanu) * ''Mitologie românească''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pamfile, Tudor Romanian writers Romanian ethnographers Romanian folklorists People from Galați County 1883 births 1923 deaths