Ieronim Șerbu (pen name of Aron Hers Erick; December 1, 1911 – December 8, 1972) was a Romanian prose writer. Born into a Jewish family in

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. ...

, his parents were Avram Moise Erick and his wife Frieda Ruhla (''née'' Segal). He attended

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in the national capital Bucharest. From 1932 to 1943, he was a participant in the literary circle surrounding '' Sburătorul'' magazine. His first published work appeared in 1932 in ''Discobolul'', a magazine he founded with

Dan Petrașincu Dan Petrașincu (; born Angelo Moretta; ; 2 June 1910 – 1997) was an Italian-Romanian anthropologist, writer and translator. He was born in Odessa from an Italian father and a Romanian mother. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, when h ...

. He also wrote for ''Azi'', ''Lumea'', '' Viața Românească'', '' Revista Fundațiilor Regale'' and ''Gazeta literară'', early on using the pen name Aron Ciuntu. Șerbu's first book was the 1940 short story collection ''Dincolo de tristețe''. Two further story collections followed: ''Oamenii visează pâine'' (1945) and ''Vițelul de aur'' (1949), as well as the novels ''Rădăcinile bucuriei'' (1954) and ''Podul amintirilor'' (1963). An interesting memoir, ''Vitrina cu amintiri'', appeared posthumously in 1973. His articles on literary themes were collected as ''Itinerarii critice'' (1971). Șerbu's early prose was analytical; after 1945 and the country's turn toward socialist realism, he adopted social and ethical themes. Despite rewriting texts subjected to various pressures, Șerbu did not manage to produce an artistically fulfilled body of work.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 658. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Serbu, Ieronim 1911 births 1972 deaths People from Botoșani Jewish Romanian writers Romanian novelists Romanian short story writers Romanian male short story writers Romanian literary critics Romanian magazine founders