Iulia Hasdeu

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Iulia Haşdeu
Born (1869-11-14)November 14, 1869
Died September 29, 1888(1888-09-29) (aged 18)
Resting place
Bellu Cemetery
Nationality Romanian
Occupation Poet

Iulia Haşdeu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjuli.a haʃˈdew]; 14 November 1869, Bucharest – 29 September 1888, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, the daughter of writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. Despite dying young of tuberculosis at the age of 18, Iulia made many significant achievements. She wrote poems and prose, taught herself foreign languages and studied piano and canto. She was the first Romanian woman to study at La Sorbonne University in Paris. In her honour, her father built the controversial Iulia Hasdeu Castle in Câmpina, Romania. By the time she was 8 she had already written a study on Mihai Viteazu, graduated primary school and knew french, english and german. At 11 she graduated middle-school on the first place at

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