Zaharia Carcalechi (1784 or 1787—1856) was an

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-born

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n publisher. Born into an Aromanian family in

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, his father, a merchant, later moved the family to

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

. Zaharia, after settling in the Hungarian capital

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, worked as a typographer and helped popularize books in the

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. Opening a bookstore, he edited books in Romanian with the help of the university press; these were written by authors from

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as well as from the

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. He edited a collection of theological and philosophical teachings as well as travel notes by

Dinicu Golescu Dinicu Golescu (usual rendition of Constantin Radovici Golescu; 7 February 1777 – 5 October 1830), a member of the Golescu family of boyars, was a Wallachian Romanian man of letters, mostly noted for his travel writings and journalism. Bo ...

. In 1821, the oldest Romanian-language literary magazine, ''Biblioteca românească'' ("The Romanian Library"), appeared under his name in Buda. This publication, which he sought to shape into an encyclopedia, included history, literature, cultural advertising, popular science, sundry information, practical advice and miscellanea. It circulated in Transylvania and in the Principalities. He benefited from the assistance of

Emanuil Gojdu Emanuil Gojdu ( Hungarian: ''Gozsdu Emánuel'', mostly referred as ''Gozsdu Manó''; 9 February 1802, Nagyvárad, Hungary (now Oradea, Romania)—3 February 1870, Pest-Buda, Hungary) was an ethnically Romanian lawyer in the Kingdom of Hungar ...

, a patron of Romanian publishing houses in Buda. Gabriela Ananie
"Macedoromânii din Bihor. Oameni și fapte"
in ''Crisia'', Nr. XLI/2011, p.231-41 After the initial edition, further issues appeared in 1829-1830 and 1834. As part of a shift among Romanian publishers from Buda to

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, he renounced his post at the Buda university in 1837, setting up in the capital of Wallachia.Alex Drace-Francis, ''The Making of Modern Romanian Culture'', p.117. I.B. Tauris, 2006,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carcalechi, Zaharia 1780s births 1856 deaths People from Oradea Immigrants to the Principality of Wallachia Austrian magazine founders Austrian publishers (people) Emigrants from the Austrian Empire Hungarian people of Aromanian descent Romanian magazine founders Romanian publishers (people) Aromanian editors 19th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia