Early life and education
Born in Bucharest to the magistrate Adolf Cantacuzino and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Iarca), he was a scion of theCareer
Successively an attaché, secretary and adviser at the Romanian embassies in Paris, Brussels, and The Hague, Cantacuzino was Romania's chargé d'affaires in Paris in 1918, at the close of World War I. He returned to Bucharest in 1922, working as a minister plenipotentiary at the Foreign Ministry, while continuing to correspond with other writers. On an August morning in 1949, during the early Communist regime, he was told he had several hours to vacate his beloved, book-filled house. Toward evening, a little suitcase in hand, the hat-wearing, cane-carrying elderly gentleman made his way to the modest basement room he had rented and lay down. He was found dead the following day.Family
Cantacuzino married Julietta, the daughter ofPoetry and essays
A French-language poet who wrote under the name Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, he published numerous volumes of poems, essays and studies of literary and art history. He was particularly interested in several important 18th century figures, such as Frederick the Great, the 7th Prince of Ligne and Antoine de Rivarol. His work appeared in ''Mercure de France'', ''Journal des Débats'', '' Le Figaro'' and ''Le Manuscrit Autographe''. Attracted by the verses ofPublications
*Les sourires glacés, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1896 *Les douleurs cadettes, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1897 *Les chimères en danger, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris 1898 *Cinglons les souvenirs et cinglons les rêves!..., Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1900 *Sonnets en petit deuil, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1901 *Litanies et petits états d'âme, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1902 *Remember, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1903 *Les Grâces inemployées, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1904 *L'âme de Monsieur de Nion, C.L.G. Veldt, Amsterdam, 1905 *Poussières et falbales, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1905 *Synthèse attristée de Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin,Paris, 1906 *Les Retrouvailles, Librairie Académique Perrin,Paris, 1908 *Bétises pour Phébé, C.L.G. Veldt, Amsterdam, 1908 (essais) *Esprit de Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, Amsterdam, 1909 *Larmes fouettées, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1911 *Les adorables coincidences, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1912 *Amour de Juliette, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1913 *Apothéoses de météores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1913 *A une jolie, Poésie du Prince Ch.-Ad. Cantacuzene, Musique de Suzanne Mesureur. Heugel (Musique notée), 1913. *Mes Brouillards de roses, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1914 *La Rose du centenaire, C.L.G. Veldt, La Haye, 1914 *Lettre du Prince Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène pour commémoration de centenaire de “Mes adieux a Beloeil” du Prince de Ligne. Association des Ecrivains Belges, Bruxelles-Paris-London, 1914 *Hypotyposes, aléas et alinéas, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1916 *Considerations lyriques: suivies d’inédite adnotations de Rivarol sur son examplaire de Hamboug – 1797. Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1917a *Mémoires fragmentes de Conseiller de Légation C. Extraits. Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris-Rotterdam, 1917b *Les Réalitès roses, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1918 *Parenthèses paresseuses. Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1921 *Charleadolphiana. Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris and Ultrecht, 1921 (essais) *Extraits piquants et inconues de Fréderic II écrivain francais, avec un coup d’oeil de Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène, Librairie Académique Perrin – Leyde, 1923 *Précipité de suavité, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1925, Imprimeur de l’Académie Royale-Bruxelles-Marcel Hayez *Poésies dites et inédites du Prince de Ligne, publiés par Eenest Ganay et Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène. Edition des Annales du Prince de Ligne, Bruxelles, et Librairie Jean Naert, Paris, 1925 *Phosphores mordorés, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1926 *Quatorze quarts d’heure avec Monsieur Cantacuzène. Par M.G.C., sécrétaire de legation, Paris, 1926. *Glyptiques elliptiques, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1927 *Identités versicolores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1927 *Les Automnes complémentaires, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1928 *L'au-delà de l'en deçà, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1931 *Essai anthologique, Eclats de conversations, Albert Messein, Collection la Phalange, Paris, Paris, 1932 *Sonnets sans écho, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, Paris, 1932 *Prince de Ligne, Mercure de France, Collection des plus belles pages, Paris, 1934 *Frédéric II, Mercure de France, Collection des plus belles pages, Paris, 1935 *Fragments, Albert Messein Editeur, Paris, 1935 *Les plus belles pages de Sénac de Meilhan. Mercure de France, Paris, 1935 *Les dernierés aurores, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1938 *Nouveaux fragments, Albert Messein Editeur, Paris, 1940 and 1943Awards
He was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, the Legion of Honour from France, and theNotes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantacuzino, Scarlat 1874 births 1949 deaths 20th-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets Symbolist poets 20th-century Romanian historians Romanian literary historians Romanian art historians 20th-century essayists Romanian essayists Male essayists Romanian writers in French Diplomats from Bucharest Writers from Bucharest Scarlat University of Paris alumni 20th-century Romanian male writers Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Officers of the Legion of Honour Romanian expatriates in France