Iulia Hasdeu (; 14 November 1869 – 29 September 1888) was a

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n poet, the daughter of

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and

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Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu ( 26 February 1838 – ) was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history. Life He was born Tadeu Hâjdeu in Cristineștii Hotinului (now Kerstentsi in Chernivtsi O ...

. From a very young age, Hasdeu wrote

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

s and

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in both

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and French, taught herself foreign languages and studied

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and opera singing. She was the first Romanian woman to study at La Sorbonne University in

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Life

At the age of six she wrote her study of the life and work of

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. Fluent in French,

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, and

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, she graduated from primary school at age eight, and at eleven she completed piano and classical singing at St. Sava Gymnasium and the Bucharest Conservatory of Music. In 1881 her mother accompanied her to Paris, where she entered Sévigné College and passed the Baccalaureate exam. In 1886 Hasdeu enrolled at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at

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and attended courses at the École des hautes études (''School of Higher Studies'') in

. Hasdeu gave two lectures at the university on the logic of hypothesis and on the second book of

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. She started writing a doctoral thesis with the theme centered on Romanian folk philosophy: logic, psychology, metaphysics, ethics, and theodicy. While preparing her doctoral thesis, Hasdeu contracted tuberculosis in

. After undergoing treatments in

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and Switzerland, she returned to

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

. where she died on 29 September 1888 and was buried at

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 ...

. Bogdan Hasdeu built her a temple in the family vault there. Her father dedicated the rest of his life to publishing her works and memories, such as: ''Bourgeons d'Avril'', ''Fantésies et Rêves'', ''Chevalerie'', ''Confidences en Canevas et Théâtre'', ''Légendes et Contes'', works which were published in French and

. In her memory, he also built the

Iulia Hasdeu Castle The Iulia Hașdeu Castle is a folly built in the form of small castle by historian and politician Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu in the city of Câmpina, Romania. Work on it began in 1893, after Hasdeu's daughter, Iulia Hasdeu, died at the age of ...

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 Mu ...

with the "spiritual guidance of his daughter," with whom he supposedly communicated until the end of his life.Iulia Hasdeu - Genialul copil al culturii romane & viata de apoi
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Gallery

Image:Iulia Hasdeu.jpg, Portrait by
Diogène Maillart Image:Stamp of Moldova 271.gif, 1996 stamp Image:Iulia Hasdeu - Foto01.jpg, Photograph from the archives of ''Formula AS'' File:Castelul Iulia Hasdeu07.JPG, The small castle built in her memory File:Sava Hentia - Iulia Hasdeu.JPG, Portrait by
Sava Henția

References

External links

Official website
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