Mihail Petroveanu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mihail Petroveanu

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1923

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1977

Profession: translator, literary critic, literary historian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Mihail Petroveanu

  • Mihail Petroveanu (October 28, 1923–March 4, 1977) was a Romanian literary critic and historian. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Jean Petroveanu and his wife Maria (nĂ©e Algazi).
  • He attended primary school and the first six grades of secondary school at Saint Andrew High School in his native city from 1930 to 1940.
  • From 1940 to 1942, he studied at and graduated from the theoretical high school where Alexandru Graur was principal.
  • In 1944, Petroveanu enrolled in the French-Romanian section of Bucharest University's literature faculty, graduating in 1947.
  • During this time, his first work was published; this consisted of literary news that appeared in Studentul român in 1945.
  • Right after completing university, he was hired as an editor for Contemporanul.
  • He was then a teaching assistant at the aesthetics department of the Institute of Theater, Fine Arts and Music (1949-1950); editor for the literary programs of Romanian Radio (1948-1952); chief department editor and overall adjunct editor at Editura de Stat pentru Literatura ?i Arta (1950-1955); editor and adjunct editor-in-chief at Via?a Româneasca (1955-1956) and Gazeta literara (1956-1961); principal editor for a four-language publication meant for foreign audiences, Revue roumaine – Roumanian Review – Rumänische Rundschau – ????????? ?????????? (1962-1977).By 1958, Petroveanu was already a name frequently met in the country's main literary magazines.
  • That year, he published his first book, Pagini critice, a collection of articles and reviews he had written for Studentul român, Flacara, Contemporanul, Via?a Româneasca, Steaua, ScĂ®nteia and Gazeta literara between 1947 and 1957.
  • His later studies appeared in Profiluri lirice contemporane (1963), Studii literare (1966) and Traiectorii lirice (1974); he also authored two monographs, Tudor Arghezi, poetul (1961) and George Bacovia (1969; second edition, 1972).
  • In collaboration, he supervised an excellent edition of George Bacovia's works, which appeared as Opere in 1978.
  • He translated Jules Verne's In Search of the Castaways.
  • Petroveanu was involved in supervising critical editions of Ion Luca Caragiale (1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1973), Aleksandr Chakovsky (1950), Guy de Maupassant (1950), Mateiu Caragiale (1957), Nicolae Velea (1960), Platon Pardau (1963), Anatol E.
  • Baconsky (1964), Demostene Botez (1964), Ion Vinea (1964), Adrian Maniu (1965), Sa?a Pana (1966), Agatha Bacovia (1967) and Ion Caraion (1978).He was married to poet Veronica Porumbacu; the couple died in the 1977 Vrancea earthquake while on a visit to Baconsky.

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