Alexandru Tudor-Miu (February 25, 1901 – July 26, 1961) was a

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n poet. Born into a peasant family in

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, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by high school at

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...

. Between 1918 and 1920, he worked as a schoolteacher in Pantazi, in his native county. In 1921, he was a laboratory assistant at the refinery in

Câmpina Câmpina () is a city in Prahova County, Romania, north of the county seat Ploiești, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical region of ...

, and was subsequently employed by Concordia-Electrica company. From 1945 until his death, he headed the electrotechnical school in Câmpina. Together with

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, he began the local surrealist movement. Inspired by the latter's magazine ''Urmuz'', he founded and edited three more: ''Câmpina'' (1927-1929), ''Prahova'' (1930) and ''Strada'' (1932-1936). His first poetry was published in ''Ploieștii literari'' in 1921; his first book was the 1932 ''Epode''. His two other volumes were ''Standard, poeme de petrol și energie'' (1934) and ''Întâlnire cu pasărea Phoenix'' (1947). Magazines that published his work include ''

Contimporanul ''Contimporanul'' (antiquated spelling of the Romanian word for "the Contemporary", singular masculine form) was a Romanian (initially a weekly and later a monthly) avant-garde literary and art magazine, published in Bucharest between June 1922 ...

'', ''Universul literar'', ''Izbânda'', ''Viața literară'', ''

România Literară ''România Literară'' is a cultural and literary magazine from Romania. In its original edition, it was founded on 1 January 1855 by Vasile Alecsandri and published in Iași until 3 December 1855, when it was suppressed. The new series appeared ...

'', ''Națiunea'' and ''

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. ...

''. He left behind three volumes of poetry in manuscript form (''Albastru – poeme de mare'', ''Steaua Doftanei'' and ''Cheia Universală''), a book of newspaper reports (''Excursii'') and a historical monograph of Câmpinei. His poems, replete with metaphors, were written in surrealist fashion.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 732. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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1901 births 1961 deaths People from Prahova County Romanian male poets Romanian surrealist writers Proletarian literature writers in the Kingdom of Romania Romanian magazine founders Romanian magazine editors Romanian schoolteachers Heads of schools in Romania 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian male writers {{Romania-poet-stub