Ion Scurtu
Ion Scurtu(March 29 [O.S.March 17] 1877–July 23, 1922) was anAustro-Hungarian-bornRomanianliterary critic.
A native ofBrașov,in theTransylvaniaregion, he attended the localRomanian high school,where his father was a teacher. He then enteredBudapest University,but withdrew in order to work as an editor for theSibiu-basedTribuna.From there, he crossed into theRomanian Old Kingdomand editedNicolae Fleva'sDreptatea.Returning to Transylvania, he enrolled inFranz Joseph UniversityatCluj,but was expelled for his nationalist activism. He was obliged to return to the Old Kingdom, and from there made his way toLeipzig University.[1]He earned a doctorate there in 1903; his dissertation dealt withMihai Eminescu's life and prose work.[2]He continued to devote himself to the study of Eminescu, writing his biography and editing collections of his writings. During the first decade of the 20th century, he was an editor atSămănătorul.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^Vasile Popeangă,Școala românească din Transilvania în perioada 1867-1918 și lupta sa pentru unite,p. 140. Bucharest: Editura didactică și pedagogică, 1974
- ^Nicolae Iorga,Ecaterina Vaum (ed.),Corespondență,vol. I, p. 378. Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1984
- ^Nicolae Iorga, Catinca Iorga, Andrei Pippidi (ed.),Scrisori către Catinca: 1900-1939,p. 75. Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1991
- 1877 births
- 1922 deaths
- People from Brașov
- Andrei Șaguna National College (Brașov) alumni
- Romanian Austro-Hungarians
- Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Romania
- Leipzig University alumni
- Romanian literary critics
- Romanian literary historians
- Romanian biographers
- Romanian male writers
- Romanian male biographers
- Romanian newspaper editors
- Romanian magazine editors