Ioan Slavici

Ioan Slavici ( born January 18, 1848 in Siria, Romania, † August 17 1925 in Panciu ) was a Romanian writer and journalist.

Life

Slavici were in the village Vilagos (now Siria ), near Arad, born in that year 1848 revolution, which is also in Transylvania (later a part of the Habsburg Empire ) zeitigte far-reaching effects. Until 1868 Slavici visited various schools in Transylvania (including the Piaristengymnasium in Timişoara), where it was taught in Hungarian or German language either; Teaching in Romanian language was forbidden. After he finished his studies, he left Transylvania and went to Budapest, where he intended to study law. However, in the following year forced him financial difficulties to return home and to be employed as a notary. During this employment Ioan Slavici saved the money to help him continue his studies.

In 1871, he went in the course of his military service in Vienna. This was a crucial moment in the life of the future author, as he had there the opportunity to meet the most important Romanian poet, Mihai Eminescu, who studied at the University of Vienna. Both were very good friends and Eminescu suggested Slavici in the development of his style and helped him in his work. In the same year Slavici had his literary debut in " Convorbiri Lite Rare ", the mouthpiece of the Junimea Society in Iasi.

1872 had to interrupt his studies again because of financial difficulties Slavici. Two years later he moved to Iaşi, where he took part in the meetings of June. His first book, " Dinpopor Nuvele ", a collection of short stories, was published in 1881. This included " Moara cu noroc " and " Budulea Taichii ," two of his most well known works.

In 1882 he was elected a member of the Romanian Academy. 1884 Slavici went back to Transylvania and was actively involved in the Romanian national movement and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Romanian National Party, the main political forum of the Romanians in the region. Hungarian authorities sentenced Slavici for its nationalist attitude to a year in prison. This is was the first of many short stays in prison in life Slavicis, although some of them had nothing to do with lawsuits against his journalistic colleagues.

Six years later he moved to Bucharest, where he started in 1894 to publish the first part of his famous novel, " Mara ". This was published twelve years later as a single output. During this time his activities are covered as editor of the magazine " Vatra ", which he published along with George and Ion Luca Caragiale Coşbuc.

1909 Slavici began his work for the pro- German newspaper " Ziua ". With the outbreak of World War I, brought him his attitude in conflict with other intellectuals who supported the triple entente. On August 14, 1916 Romania joined the Tripartite Entente, with the result that a large part of the Romanian territory was occupied, including Bucharest, from the German, Austro- Hungarian and Bulgarian troops in the summer of 1917. The lawful Romanian government sought refuge in Iaşi, while the Central Powers established a puppet government for the occupied territories. Slavici worked with the new government and was as editor of the Journal, the Bucharest Gazette, employed. After the German retreat in November 1918, he was sued for his wartime activities and spent a year in prison, while his reputation among intellectuals was damaged forever.

Slavici ended his life in Panciu in Vrancea County.

Works in German translation

  • The lucky mill: novella. Leipzig: Reclam 1945 ( Moara cu noroc: nuvela. )
  • The Fairy of the Dawn. Bucharest: Youth publisher of the CC d VdWJ 1953
  • Novels. Bucharest: The Book Publishing 1955
  • Stories. Bucharest: Youth Publishing 1957
  • Mara: A Novel. Berlin: Aufbau -Verlag 1960
  • Stories from the people. Bucharest: Literature Publishing House, 1961
  • Mother ion. Bucharest: Youth Publishing o.J.
  • Floritza, the forest girl. Bucharest: Criterion -Verlag 1973
  • Clever Pacala. Bucharest: Ion Creanga -Verlag o.J. [ 1974 ?]
  • The girl out of the forest land in Romanian narrator, pp. 5-218, Zurich: Manesseplatz 1968
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