Camil Petrescu, the Glossary
Camil Petrescu (9/21 April 1894 – 14 May 1957) was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet.[1]
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25 relations: Austria-Hungary, Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania, List of members of the Romanian Academy, Literary realism, Mihail Sebastian, Modernism, National Theatre Bucharest, Novelist, Obor, Philosophy, Playwright, Poet, Procrustes, Romania, Romania in World War I, Romanian language, Romanians, Saint Sava National College, Socialist Republic of Romania, Theatre criticism, Those Who Pay With Their Lives, Timișoara, University of Bucharest.
- Chairpersons of the National Theatre Bucharest
- Romanian prisoners of war
- Romanian theatre critics
- World War I prisoners of war held by Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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Bellu Cemetery
Șerban Vodă Cemetery (commonly known as Bellu Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.
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Bucharest
Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
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Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania (Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 13 March (O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.
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List of members of the Romanian Academy
This is a list of members of the Romanian Academy.
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Literary realism
Literary realism is a literary genre, part of the broader realism in arts, that attempts to represent subject-matter truthfully, avoiding speculative fiction and supernatural elements.
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Mihail Sebastian
Mihail Sebastian (born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Camil Petrescu and Mihail Sebastian are 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Romanian male writers, 20th-century Romanian novelists, Romanian male dramatists and playwrights, Romanian male novelists and Romanian theatre critics.
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Modernism
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience.
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National Theatre Bucharest
The National Theatre Bucharest (Teatrul Naţional "Ion Luca Caragiale" București) is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest.
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Novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.
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Obor
Obor is the name of a square and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
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Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading.
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Poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.
Procrustes
In Greek mythology, Procrustes (Greek: Προκρούστης Prokroustes, "the stretcher "), also known as Prokoptas, Damastes (Δαμαστής, "subduer") or Polypemon, was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
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Romania in World War I
The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, before reentering the war on 10 November 1918. It had the most significant oil fields in Europe, and Germany eagerly bought its petroleum, as well as food exports.
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Romanian language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; limba română, or românește) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
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Romanians
Romanians (români,; dated exonym Vlachs) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a common culture and ancestry, they speak the Romanian language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians.
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Saint Sava National College
The Saint Sava National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Sfântul Sava), Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania.
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The Socialist Republic of Romania (Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989).
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Theatre criticism
Theatre criticism is a genre of arts criticism, and the act of writing or speaking about the performing arts such as a play or opera.
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Those Who Pay With Their Lives
Those Who Pay With Their Lives (Cei care plătesc cu viaţa) is a 1989 Romanian drama film directed by Șerban Marinescu, and based on novels by Camil Petrescu.
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Timișoara
Timișoara (Temeswar, also Temeschwar or Temeschburg; Temesvár; Temišvar; see other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural centre in Western Romania.
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University of Bucharest
The University of Bucharest (UB) (Universitatea din București) is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania.
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See also
Chairpersons of the National Theatre Bucharest
- Alexandru Davila
- Alexandru Mavrodi
- Alexandru Odobescu
- Andrei Serban
- C. A. Rosetti
- Camil Petrescu
- Constantin Rădulescu-Motru
- Corneliu Moldovanu
- Costache Caragiale
- Dinu Săraru
- Fănuș Neagu
- George Diamandy
- Haig Acterian
- Ioan C. Filitti
- Ion Caramitru
- Ion Cojar
- Ion Ghica
- Ion Luca Caragiale
- Ion Marin Sadoveanu
- Ion Minulescu
- Ion Pas
- Liviu Rebreanu
- Nicolae Carandino
- Pompiliu Eliade
- Radu Beligan
- Tudor Vianu
- Vasile Moldoveanu
- Victor Eftimiu
- Zaharia Stancu
Romanian prisoners of war
- Alexandru Bassarab
- Andronikos Kantakouzenos (1553–1601)
- Camil Petrescu
- Constantin Brătescu
- Constantin Tobescu
- Costea Bucioc
- Călin Gruia
- Dionisie Eclesiarhul
- Dionisie Ghermani
- Gheorghe Alexianu
- Gheorghe Bogdan-Duică
- Gheorghe Cosma
- Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa
- Gheza Vida
- Gogu Rădulescu
- Henric Sanielevici
- Henric Streitman
- Ilie Moscovici
- Ioan A. Bassarabescu
- Ion Antonescu
- Mihail Lascăr
- Mircea Florian
- Nicolae Cambrea
- Nicolae Tonitza
- Platon Chirnoagă
- Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
- Scarlat Turnavitu
- Udrea Băleanu
Romanian theatre critics
- A. de Herz
- Alexandru Mavrodi
- Alexandru Robot
- Alice Voinescu
- Benjamin Fondane
- Bonifaciu Florescu
- Camil Petrescu
- Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu)
- Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion
- Corina Șuteu
- Emil Fagure
- Felix Aderca
- George Ivașcu
- George Mihail Zamfirescu
- George Ranetti
- Haig Acterian
- Horia Gârbea
- Ion Agârbiceanu
- Ion Biberi
- Ion Călugăru
- Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu
- Ion Luca Caragiale
- Ion Minulescu
- Ion Valentin Anestin
- Iordan Chimet
- Lucia Demetrius
- Mihail Sebastian
- Miruna Runcan
- N. D. Cocea
- Nicolae Filimon
- Octavian Saiu
- Petre Locusteanu
- Traian Demetrescu
- Tudor Arghezi
- Șerban Cioculescu
- Ștefan Orășanu
- Ștefan Vellescu
World War I prisoners of war held by Austria-Hungary
- Alan Jerrard
- Aleksa Šantić
- Alexander Zass
- Antonio Locatelli
- Bruno Brivonesi
- Camil Petrescu
- Carlo Emilio Gadda
- Francesco Convertini
- Francesco Rismondo
- Hurdis Ravenshaw
- Ioan Simu
- Janko Vukotić
- Jessie Scott (medical doctor)
- Jovo Bećir
- Kenneth Barbour Montgomery
- Krsta Cicvarić
- Krsto Popović
- Laura Margaret Hope
- Lavr Kornilov
- Simone Simoni (general)
- Stanley Wilson (British politician)
- Ubaldo degli Uberti
- Vukić Mićović