Pompiliu Constantinescu (May 17, 1901 – May 9, 1946) was a

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Biography

He was born on May 17, 1901, in

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, "''in a place where he saw the light of day for the first time, on Sabines Street no. 109, the son of John Constantinescu, a customs house clerk, who studied much and of Vasilica Petrescu, nephew, on his father's side, of Constantine Constantinescu, originally from the vineyard village of Ceptura, who settled in Bucharest, as a vineyard owner and merchant''" (

George Călinescu George Călinescu (; 19 June 1899 – 12 March 1965) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies. He is currently considered one of the most important Romani ...

). He attended

Gheorghe Lazăr Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), was a Transylvanian Romanian scholar and the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, in 1817. Biography Lazăr was born to a peasant family in Felek, Szeben County, Habsb ...

and Mihai Viteazul High Schools in Bucharest, as well as educational tutorial classes, after which he attended the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the

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. He published articles in ''

Revista Fundațiilor Regale ''Revista Fundațiilor Regale'' ("The Review of Royal Foundations") was a monthly literary, art and culture magazine published in Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and ...

'' (''The Royal Foundations Magazine''), ''Kalende'' (''Kalends''), ''Mișcarea literară'' (''The Literary Movement''), ''

Sburătorul ''Sburătorul'' was a Romanian modernist literary magazine and literary society, established in Bucharest in April 1919. Led by Eugen Lovinescu, the circle was instrumental in developing new trends and styles in Romanian literature, ranging f ...

'', ''Viața literară'' (''Literary Life'') and ''Vremea'' (''The weather''). Constantinescu became the director of the CFR High School Aurel Vlaicu, where he taught Romanian language and literature. He died from a heart attack on May 9, 1946, in Bucharest, while in full creative power.

Works

* ''Mișcarea literară'' (1927) * ''Opere și autori'' (1928) * ''Critice'' (1933) * ''Figuri literare'' (1938) * ''Tudor Arghezi'' (1940) * ''Eseuri critice'' (1947) * ''Scrieri alese'' (1957) * ''Scrieri'', vol. I-IV (1967–1972) * ''Studii și cronici literare'' (1974) * ''Poeți români moderni'' (1974) * ''Caleidoscop'' (1974) * ''Romanul românesc interbelic'' (1977) Romanian literary critics 1901 births 1946 deaths Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni University of Bucharest alumni Writers from Bucharest Heads of schools in Romania {{Romania-writer-stub