Mihail Sadoveanu
| Mihail Sadoveanu | |
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Sadoveanu in 1929, portrait by Ștefan Dimitrescu
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| Born |
November 5, 1880 Pașcani |
| Died | October 19, 1961 (aged 80) Vânători-Neamț |
| Pen name | Mihai din Pașcani, M. S. Cobuz |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, journalist, essayist, translator, poet, civil servant, activist, politician |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Period | 1896–1952 |
| Genre | historical novel, adventure novel, biographical novel, political novel, psychological novel, crime fiction, memoir, travel literature, nature writing, fantasy, reportage, biography, sketch story, children's literature, lyric poetry |
| Literary movement | Realism, Social realism, Naturalism, Sămănătorul, Poporanism, Socialist realism |
Mihail Sadoveanu (Romanian: [mihaˈil sadoˈve̯anu]; occasionally referred to as Mihai Sadoveanu; November 5, 1880 – October 19, 1961) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic (1947–1948 and 1958). One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as well as for his nature writing. An author whose career spanned five decades, Sadoveanu was an early associate of the traditionalist magazine Sămănătorul, before becoming known as a Realist writer and an adherent to the Poporanist current represented by Viața Românească journal. His books, critically acclaimed for their vision of age-old solitude and natural abundance, are generally set in the historical region of Moldavia, building on themes from Romania's medieval and early modern history. Among them are Neamul Șoimăreștilor ("The Șoimărești Family"), Frații Jderi ("The Jderi Brothers") and Zodia Cancerului ("Under the Sign of the Crab"). With Venea o moară pe Siret... ("A Mill Was Floating down the Siret..."), Baltagul ("The Hatchet") and some other works of fiction, Sadoveanu extends his fresco to contemporary history and adapts his style to the psychological novel, Naturalism and Social realism.
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