Ion Luca Caragiale

Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)

Ion Luca Caragiale (1 February 1852, Haimanale, Romania – 9 June 1912, in Berlin, Germany) was a Romanian playwright, novelist, poet, theatre director and journalist.

Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Ion Luca Caragiale
Born(1852-02-13)February 13, 1852
Haimanale, Wallachia
DiedJune 9, 1912(1912-06-09) (aged 60)
Berlin, German Empire
Pen nameCar., Ein rumänischer Patriot, Luca, i, Ion, Palicar
Occupationshort story writer, playwright, journalist, essayist, actor, translator, poet, civil servant, restaurateur
NationalityRomanian
Period1873–1912
Genredrama, comedy, tragedy, short story, sketch story, novella, satire, parody, aphorism, fantasy, reportage, memoir, fairy tale, epigram, fable
Subjecteveryday life, morals and manners, politics, social criticism, literary criticism, music criticism
Literary movementJunimism, Naturalism, Neoclassicism, Neoromanticism, Realism

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