Romanians of Greek Descent: Iannis Xenakis, Ion Luca Caragiale, Mateiu Caragiale, Filotti Family, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Nicolae Malaxa

Chapters: Iannis Xenakis, Ion Luca Caragiale, Mateiu Caragiale, Filotti Family, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Nicolae Malaxa, Panait Istrati, Radu Beligan, Greeks in Romania, Kostas Choumis, Caradja, John Caradja, Jean Moscopol, Cezar Bolliac, Elie Carafoli, Hariclea Darcl e, Maria Filotti, Cantacuzino Family, George Ciprian, Antigone Kefala, Costache Caragiale, Mourousis Family, Nicolae Caradja, Racovi, Victor Filotti. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 194. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ion Luca Caragiale (Romanian pronunciation: commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale; February 13 1852 July 9, 1912) was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in Romanian language and literature, as well as one of its most important writers and a leading representative of local humor. Alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Ion Creang, he is seen as one of the main representatives of Junimea, an influential literary society with which he nonetheless parted during the second half of his life. His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences. Although few in number, Caragiale's plays constitute the most accomplished expression of Romanian theater, as well as being important venues for criticism of late 19th-century Romanian society. They include the comedies O noapte furtunoas, Conu Leonida fa cu reaciunea, O scrisoare pierdut, and the tragedy Npasta. In addition to these, Caragiale authored the melodrama O soacr, a large number of essays, articles, short stories, novellas and sketch stories, as well as occ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=913503