Vasile Pop (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian prose writer
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Place of Birth: Domnești-Sat, Vrancea County, Romania
About Vasile Pop (writer)
- Vasile Pop (June 14, 1875 – 1931) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Domne?ti, Vrancea County, his parents were the farmers Ion Pop and Ecaterina (née Rare?).
- After attending primary school, he worked as a mechanical laborer.
- An autodidact, he then became an English and gym teacher at the Constan?a Naval Institute.
- He made his published debut in Munca newspaper in 1890, and headed Evenimentul from 1904 to 1905.
- His first book was the 1899 Fleacuri.
- His work appeared in Samanatorul, Fat-Frumos and Luceafarul, and he sometimes signed as Acadin, Gh.
- Bradul, V.
- Fr., Gh.
- Scytul or Const.
- Fulger.
- He wrote one book of poor-quality poems, Versuri (1900).
- He authored the prose volumes Din ocna vie?ii (1902), Râs ?i plâns (1906), Pove?ti hazlii (1908) and Din via?a speluncelor (1923), while his novels included Domni?a Viorica (1905), Americana îndragostita (1920), Cuceritorul de inimi (1921) and Vânduta de propria-i mama (1922).
- Sensationalist in character, these were marked by melodramatic endings and a strikingly poor aesthetic taste.
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