Ștefan Vârgolici, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ștefan Vârgolici

Romanian literary critic (1843-1897)

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1843

Place of Birth: Borlești, Neamț County, Romania

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1897

Profession: poet, translator, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ștefan Vârgolici

  • ?tefan G.
  • Vârgolici (October 13, 1843–August 9 [O.S.
  • July 28] 1897) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, critic and translator. Born in Borle?ti, Neam? County, he attended secondary school at Academia Mihaileana in Ia?i, followed by the literature and philosophy faculty of Ia?i University.
  • After obtaining a degree in 1864, Vârgolici continued his studies at Madrid, Paris (where he earned a doctorate in literature) and Berlin.
  • Following his return home, he taught high school in Bârlad and Ia?i.
  • In 1875, he was hired as a professor at Ia?i University's French language and literature department, which later became the department of the history of modern literatures, particularly Romance.
  • For a time, he was inspector-general of secondary education.
  • In 1871, he joined Junimea society and actively participated in its workings, including literary circles, open lectures and publications.
  • In 1887, he was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
  • In the summer of 1897, he was on one of his frequent trips to the Varatec Monastery area; he boarded the train with his wife, fell ill near Ia?i, probably from a heart attack, was taken home and died that evening.
  • Romanian Orthodox bishop Conon Aramescu-Donici officiated at the funeral mass, and he was buried at Eternitatea cemetery.Vârgolici's first published works were verses that appeared in 1862 in Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu's magazine, Din Moldova.
  • He also contributed to Fulgerul ?i Trompeta Carpa?ilor, but later confined his submissions to the Junimist organ Convorbiri Literare.
  • He published original poems, literary and philological studies, critical articles and numerous translations; these largely remain in the magazines that ran them.
  • His only published book of fiction, the 1873 novella Recrutul, was a translation from Hendrik Conscience.
  • He also wrote a textbook, Gramatica limbei latine, vol.
  • I-II (1875, 1883), and also edited texts such as Aesop's Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabulae.
  • Fabulele lui Fedru sclavul liberat a lui August (1875).
  • He sometimes used the pen names S.
  • Vârgolici, S.
  • G.
  • Vargolici and St.
  • G.
  • Vârgolici.Around 1871-1872, Vârgolici was involved with a young widow and the relationship resulted in the birth of a child.
  • Vârgolici prepared to marry her and legitimize their position, but his plans were blocked by the intervention of Junimea colleagues Titu Maiorescu, Iacob Negruzzi and Vasile Pogor.
  • In 1879, the 36-year-old married Natalia Alcaz, who was 20 and the daughter of a very wealthy Ia?i resident.
  • In 1888, a year after her death, Vârgolici, by then 45, married Natalia's 25-year-old first cousin Elena Tiron, whose father was a leading member of the National Liberal Party's Ia?i chapter.
  • In 1899, after Vârgolici's death, his daughter Eugenia married archaeologist Teohari Antonescu.
  • He and Elena had one son, Du?u, who lived seven years; two other sons, ?tefan and Iordachi, died in infancy.

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