Nicolae Davidescu

Romanian poet

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Born:: 1888, Bucharest, Rom.

Died:: 1954 (aged 66)

Notable Works:: “Cântecul omului”

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Nicolae Davidescu (born 1888, Bucharest, Rom.—died 1954) was a Romanian poet and novelist whose early poems, Inscripƫii (1916), showed the influence of Charles Baudelaire. Among his prose works the novel Zâna din fundul lacului (1912; “The Fairy at the Bottom of the Lake”) was an exercise in symbolism, and Vioara mută (1928; “The Muted Violin”), in social psychology. In the epic Cântecul omului (1928–37; “The Song of Man”), he aimed at re-creating world history. Two collections of his literary criticism were published posthumously: Aspecte şi direƈtii literare (1975; “Literary Conventions and Directions”) and Poezii, teatru, proză (1977; “Poetry, Drama, Prose”).

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