Ion Marin Sadoveanu (born Iancu-Leonte Marinescu; June 15, 1893 – February 2, 1964) was a

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n playwright.

Biography

Born in

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, he started his education at a grammar school in

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, where his father practiced

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

. He continued at the Mircea cel Bătrân Gymnasium, from which he graduated in 1908. He continued his education at the

Saint Sava National College The Saint Sava National College (Romanian: ''Colegiul Național Sfântul Sava''), Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania. It was founded in 1694, under the name of th ...

of Bucharest (1908–1912). He then studied

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

in Bucharest and Paris. In 1926, he was appointed inspector of the theaters, being subsequently promoted to inspector general and in 1933 director general of the theaters and operas. Demoted in 1940, he worked as editor at the ''Timpul'' newspaper (1941–1942) and playwright of the

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until 1944. He then was editor of ''Universul''. In 1956, he was appointed director of the

. From 1958, he was also a member of the National Commission for

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. He died in Bucharest in 1964, age 70, and was buried in the city's

Bellu Cemetery Șerban Vodă Cemetery (commonly known as Bellu Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania. It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu. It has been in use since 1858. T ...

References

*''Dicționarul Enciclopedic Român'', ed. Politică, București, 1962–1966 *''Dicționar de literatură română contemporană'', ed. Albatros, București, 1977 1893 births 1964 deaths Writers from Bucharest Mircea cel Bătrân National College (Constanța) alumni Romanian newspaper editors Romanian male novelists Romanian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Romanian male writers Burials at Bellu Cemetery Chairpersons of the National Theatre Bucharest {{Romania-writer-stub