Dimitrie Petrino (1838 (?)—April 29, 1878) was a

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n-born

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n poet. Born in Rujnița, a village in the

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's Soroca County within the

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, his parents were Petre Petrino, a rural landowner, and his wife Eufrosina (''née'' Hurmuzachi). He studied at home under the guidance of a Nicolae Sbierea and perhaps of his uncles the Hurmuzachi brothers. As a young man, he travelled to Italy, Austria and Germany, adopting somewhat of a literary culture, albeit not in organized fashion. Between 1864 and 1867, he was a military officer at

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in the

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; after his wife's death, he again travelled abroad before settling in

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(''Cernăuți''), the capital of

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region in

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. Returning to Romania in 1875, Petrino settled at

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, where he became director of the Central Library. From 1876 to 1878, he was Andrei Vizanti's substitute as professor in the Romanian literature department of

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. In 1877, he was elected a corresponding member of the

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.Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent
at the Romanian Academy site His contributions appeared in ''

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'', '' Familia'' and ''Foaia Soțietății pentru literatura și cultura română în Bucovina''. His verses appeared in several volumes: ''Flori de mormânt'', 1867; ''Lumine și umbre'', 1870; ''Raul'', 1875; ''La gura sobei'', 1876 and ''Legenda Murului'', 1877. Although written in a pure and flowing language, they only manage to convey with difficulty the author's sentiments, however sincere, and to create the image of the satanic poet the reader feels he wishes to create. He died in

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.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 353. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrino, Dimitrie 1838 births 1878 deaths People from the Russian Empire People from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets People from Ocnița District Romanian librarians Romanian Land Forces officers Corresponding members of the Romanian Academy 19th-century Romanian male writers Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Romania