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Ion Creanga
 

Classic author of the Rumanian literature

Ion Creanga was born 11 the Mars 1839 in Humulesti Neamt district. (Close of Iasi).

It is the elder one of three children, his Smaranda mother is a woman of character and ambitious.

It will lute in spite of the opposition of her husband so that  son continues his studies.

Are school course and academic:
In 1847 it starts in Humulesti then since 1849 in Brosteni.
In 1853 pennies not of Ion Stephanecu it am the courses at "the princely school"
In Targu Neamt.
In 1854 it follows the courses to the school of Catifeti of the falticeni.
With the autumn 1860 it is registered with the faculty of theology of Iasi.
December 19 of the same year he is father of a fore-mentioned boy Constantin.

In 1859 it marries Ileana the girl of the priest Ioan Grigoriu.
In 1864 it is registered at the institute Vasile Lupu directed share Titu Maiorescu where it prepares to become teacher for the primary school.

The meeting

In 1875 a paramount meeting that of Mihai Eminescu who was then an inspector of the schools.
These two men will appreciate themselves and to become friendly,

Eminescu will insist that it publishes its first beautiful tales "the mother with three daughters-in-law" Creanga is the storyteller par excellence.

The filter author by his own subjectivity a characteristic mode to tell and an imagination popular. A prose is born, independently of any external model. Its work is a treasure of Rumanian popular spirituality, at one moment when it is likely to live its end, with the first steps of modern civilization.

Creanga depicts a balanced humanity, from where lack terror and the mysteries, to be familiar with people of the street. Joviality, good mood help the fantastic one to go down on ground. The heroes traverse a trajectory natural symbolic system in a cyclic, reversible time.

Humour, present everywhere, could be summarized with the definitions "has face haz necaz" (to make fun of its misfortune) and "cine roads the urma roads May bine" (he laughs longest who laughs last).

"Memories of childhood", works of maturity of Creanga, must be read like a novel. The author described there an ideal childhood. The ludic aspect, the play are essential characteristics of this simple, elementary world.

With the nostalgia of the happy age of the play, the made evocation short and is concentrated. Each chapter begins from manner melancholic person and finishes ironically, in the jovial register which is characteristic of the author. The world to which it gives again life is at the same time hard charmer but.

In 1878 are published into three part "Amintiri DIN copilarie" "the memories of childhoods" which crowns its life, the last part will be published has posthumous title, it dies on December 31, 1889 the same year as Mihai Eminescu.

In are work have will retain: tales, narrations, memories of childhood and new "the Farmhouse Nichifor Cotcoriu".

Ion Creanga is regarded as large: The Classic author of the Rumanian literature.

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