Duiliu Zamfirescu
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Duiliu Zamfirescu (30 October 1858 – 3 June 1922) was a Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist. In 1909, he was elected a member of the Romanian Academy, and, for a while in 1920, he was Foreign Minister of Romania. Zamfirescu is best remembered for his Comăneștenilor literary cycle, comprising his novels Viața la țară [ro], Tănase Scatiu [ro], În război, Îndreptări, and Anna.
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Duiliu Zamfirescu | |
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Born | (1858-10-30)30 October 1858 Dumbrăveni, Vrancea County |
Died | 3 June 1922(1922-06-03) (aged 63) Agapia, Neamț County |
Resting place | Focșani cemetery |
Pen name | Don Padil |
Occupation | novelist, poet, short story writer, journalist, memoirist, politician, diplomat, lawyer, schoolteacher |
Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
Period | 1877–1920 |
Genre | fiction, lyric poetry, autobiography |
Literary movement | Neoclassicism, Parnassianism, Realism, Romanticism, Literatorul, Junimea |
55th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |
In office 13 March 1920 – 12 June 1920 | |
Prime Minister | Alexandru Averescu |
Preceded by | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod |
Succeeded by | Take Ionescu |
34th President of the Assembly of Deputies | |
In office 30 June 1920 – 22 January 1922 | |
Monarch | Ferdinand I |
Preceded by | Nicolae Iorga |
Succeeded by | Mihail Orleanu |
Personal details | |
Political party | People's Party |
Spouse |
Henrietta Allievi (died 1920) |
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