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Dec 13, 1887 Died on 07 Jul 1988 (aged 100)
Romanian poet
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About Mihail Cruceanu
- Mihail Cruceanu (December 13, 1887 – July 7, 1988) was a Romanian poet. He was born in Ia?i to Mihail Cruceanu, a doctor, and his wife Ecaterina (née Petrovanu).
- He attended high school in Ploie?ti and Pite?ti, earning his degree in 1906 at Bucharest's Saint Sava High School.
- Cruceanu enrolled in the University of Bucharest, where he took degrees in law (1911) and literature and philosophy (1913).
- He subsequently taught high school at Alexandria, Craiova and Bucharest.
- He made his poetic debut in Revista literara in 1904.
- Although he associated with the Literatorul circle of Alexandru Macedonski, he was closer to Ovid Densusianu's Viea?a Noua group.
- His first published volume was the 1912 Spre cetatea zorilor.
- Between 1911 and 1913, he interviewed a series of cultural figures, recording the encounters in Rampa; these included Macedonski, Densusianu, Alexandru Vlahu?a, Ioan Alexandru Bratescu-Voine?ti, Dimitrie Anghel, Ioan A.
- Bassarabescu and Mihail Dragomirescu.
- Reviews that published his work include Farul, Viea?a Noua, Sarbatoarea eroilor, Versuri ?i proza, Revista celorlal?i, Flacara, Adevarul literar, Îndreptar, Românul, Zorile, Revista Funda?iilor Regale, Luceafarul, Via?a Româneasca and România Literara.Cruceanu entered the labor movement in 1919 and joined the Romanian Communist Party upon its 1921 foundation, holding various leadership posts.
- The party was banned in 1924, and he was arrested and imprisoned on various occasions for his political activity.
- After the 1944 King Michael Coup and the party's legalization, he continued to be active in the social and political realm.
- From 1950 to 1970, he was a professor at the University of Bucharest's Romanian language and literature faculty.
- He also served as president of the Bucharest chapter of the Society of Philological Sciences.Cruceanu's Symbolist poetry appeared in Altare noua (1915), Fericirea celorlal?i (1920) and Lauda vie?ii (1945); the last had socialist realist touches.
- The 1968 anthology Versuri revived a poet whose milieu and expressions belonged to the early 20th century.
- The 1924 prose work Povestiri pentru tine was a foray into fantasy literature; Perpessicius commented on its sure style and hints of an "essential lyricism".
- His memoirs, published in 1973 as De vorba cu trecutul, included an original series of recollections.
