Ion Creangă
Moldavian - born Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher
Ion Creangă (1 March 1837, Humulești, Romania – 31 December 1889, Iași) was a Romanian writer. He wrote all kinds of stories including his autobiography Amintiri din Copilărie (English: Childhood memories).
Ion Creangă Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei Ion Torcălău Ioan Ștefănescu | |
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Born | Târgu Neamț | March 1, 1837
Died | 31 December 1889 Iaşi | (aged 52)
Pen name | Popa Smântână, Ioan Vântură-Țară |
Occupation | Short story writer, educator, folklorist, poet, textile worker, cleric, politician |
Nationality | Moldavian, Romanian |
Period | 1864–1881 |
Genre | anecdote, children's literature, erotic literature, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, lyric poetry, memoir, novella, satire, short story, sketch story |
Literary movement | Realism, Junimea |
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