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Davidescu
Davidescu is a Romanian surname A name in Romanian tradition consists of a given name (''prenume'') and a family name (surname) (''nume'' or ''nume de familie''). In official documents, surnames usually appear before given names. Given names Romanians have one, two, or more .... Notable people with the surname include: * Gheorghe Davidescu (1892–1959), Romanian lawyer and diplomat * Nicolae Davidescu (1888–1954), Romanian symbolist poet and novelist {{surname Romanian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Davidescu
Gheorghe Davidescu ( – January 3, 1973) was a Romanian lawyer and career diplomat. He is notable as Romanian ambassador to the USSR in the early phase of World War II. He received the ultimatum to allow the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina on behalf of his government on 26 June 1940. Early life Davidescu was born in Brașov, when the city belonged to Austria-Hungary. His parents, George and Paraschiva (''née'' Vlaicu), lived in the Șcheii Brașovului neighborhood, and had him baptized at the local Romanian Orthodox St. Nicholas Church. He held a law doctorate from the University of Budapest. He took part in the Hungarian campaign of the First World War. Career In 1921, Davidescu became secretary of the Romanian legation at Budapest. He kept this job until 1925, when he became secretary of the Romanian embassy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then became secretary of the Romanian embassy at Warsaw in 1927, in 1932 promoted to adviser of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Davidescu
Nicolae Davidescu (; October 24, 1888 – June 12, 1954) was a Romanian symbolist poet and novelist. Works Poetry * 1910: ''La fântâna Castaliei'' ("At Castalia's Well") - parnassianist poems * 1916: ''Inscripţii'' ("Engravings") - influenced by Charles Baudelaire * 1928 – 1937: ''Cântecul omului'' ("The Song of Man") - recreating of the world history, influenced by La Légende des siècles (Victor Hugo). Novel * 1912: ''Zâna din fundul lacului'' ("The Fairy at the Bottom of the Lake") - an exercise in symbolism; * 1915: ''Sfinxul'' ("The Sphinx") * 1928: ''Vioara mută'' ("The Muted Violin") - influenced by social psychology; Literary criticism Two collections of his literary criticism were published posthumously: * 1975: ''Aspecte şi direcţii literare'' ("Literary Conventions and Directions") * 1977: ''Poezii, teatru, proză'' ("Poetry, Drama, Prose"). Nicolae Davidescu collaborated at Viața Românească ''Viața Românească'' (, "The Romanian Life") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Surname
A name in Romanian tradition consists of a given name (''prenume'') and a family name (surname) (''nume'' or ''nume de familie''). In official documents, surnames usually appear before given names. Given names Romanians have one, two, or more given names, e.g. Ana Cristina Maria (three given names), all being chosen by the child's parents. One of them, usually the first, is used in daily life while the others are solely for official documents, such as birth, marriage, or death certificates. Saints Traditionally, most people were given names from the Romanian Orthodox calendar of saints. Common names of this type are ''Ion'' or ''Andrei'' for males and ''Maria'' or ''Elena'' for females. Given names with a Christian lineage have an identifiable English equivalent: ''Andrei'' (''Andrew)'', ''Constantin'' (''Constantine)'', ''Cristian'' (''Christian''), ''Daniel''/''Dan'' ('' Daniel''/'' Dan''), ''Gheorghe''/''George'' ('' George''), ''Grigore'' ('' Gregory''), ''Ilie'' (''Elij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian-language Surnames
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin which separated from the Italo-Western languages, Western Romance languages in the course of the period from the 5th to the 8th centuries. To distinguish it within the Eastern Romance languages, in comparative linguistics it is called ''#Dialects, Daco-Romanian'' as opposed to its closest relatives, Aromanian language, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian. It is also spoken as a minority language by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania (Romanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Romanians in Hungary, Hungary, Romanians in Serbia, Serbia and Romanians in Ukraine, Ukraine), and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic Surnames
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name. Last names were ‘normalized’ and became more standardized with the advent of mass literacy, paper availability and documentation, and mobility. For example, passports vs early letters of introduction for travel. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of the historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Morgan (Llywelyn son of Gruffydd son of Morgan), and which gave rise to the quip, "as long as a Welshman's pedigree." As an example of Anglicization, the name Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was turned into Llywelyn Gruffydds; i.e., the "ap" meaning "son of" was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
