Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu

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Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (Romanian pronunciation: [horˈtensi.a papaˈdat benˈd͡ʒesku]; 8 December 1876 - 5 March 1955 in Bucharest) was a novelist of the Romanian interwar period.

Life

She was born in Ivești, Galați County, the daughter of General Dimitrie Bengescu and of Zoe (born Stefǎnescu). She attended high-school in Bucharest and, aged 20, she married the magistrate Nicolae Papadat but her literary career was delayed because her husband was transferred from town to town (Turnu Măgurele, Buzău, Focşani, Constanţa) and because she had to take care of their four children: Nen, Zoe, Marcela and Elena.

Works

Povârnişul (The Slope) - 1915;
Ape adânci (Deep Waters) - 1919;
Bătrânul (The Old Man) - 1920;
Sfinxul (Sphinx) - 1920;
Femeia în faţa oglinzii (The Woman in Front of the Mirror) - 1921;
Balaurul (The Dragon) - 1923;
Romanţă provincială (Provincial Romance) - 1925;
Fecioarele despletite (The Disheveled Maidens) - 1926;
Concert din muzică de Bach (A Concert of Bach's Music) - 1927;
Desenuri tragice (Tragic Drawings) - 1927;
Drumul ascuns (The Hidden Road) - 1933;
Logodnicul (The Fiance) - 1935;
Rădăcini (Roots) - 1938;
Teatru (Selected Plays) - 1965: Bătrânul (The Old Man), A căzut o stea (A star has fallen), Medievala, Sora mea (My Sister), Ana

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(Romanian) Biography

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 27104710 LCCN: n50051767 ISNI: 0000 0001 1135 3539 GND: 118789570 SELIBR: 248127 SUDOC: 03006094X BNF: cb12155347b NKC: xx0004860

Persondata
Name	Papadat-Bengescu, Hortensia
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian writer
Date of birth	8 December 1876
Place of birth
Date of death	5 March 1955
Place of death

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