George Dumitrescu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

George Dumitrescu

Romanian poet

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1901

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1972

Profession: poet, literary critic, children's writer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

George Dumitrescu (April 22, 1901 – October 22, 1972) was a Romanian poet. Born in Cocioc, Ilfov County, he attended high school in Ploie?ti, where one of his teachers was Ioan A.
Bassarabescu.
He then entered the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty, graduating in 1924 and earning a doctorate in 1938.
He was Mihail Dragomirescu's teaching assistant from 1925 to 1931, and also worked as a high school teacher.
Dumitrescu's published debut took place in 1920, with poems in Convorbiri Literare.
His first book, the short volume Poezii, appeared the same year.
He headed Ritmul vremii magazine from 1925 to 1929.
His poetry books were Primaveri scuturate (1924), Cântece pentru madona mica (1926), Priveli?ti (1928), Elegii (1933) and Zapezi ?i purpura (1936).
He also wrote collections of verses for children: Zvon ?i joaca de copii (1955), Ce mai face?i, florilor? (1957) and Glasuri limpezi (1961).
The 1927 Opinii literare collected his criticism; Poezia lui Cerna (1939), in the same genre, was a monograph about the lyric poetry of Panait Cerna.
He won the Romanian Academy Prize in 1927 and the Romanian Writers' Society prize in 1934.
He died in Bucharest.