Pompiliu Constantinescu


Pompiliu Constantinescu was a Romanian literary critic.

Biography

He was born on May 17, 1901 in Bucharest, "in a place where he saw the light of day for the first time, on Sabines Street no. 109, the son of John Constantinescu, a customs house clerk, who studied much and of Vasilica Petrescu, nephew, on his father's side, of Constantine Constantinescu, originally from the vineyard village of Ceptura, who settled in Bucharest, as a vineyard owner and merchant".
He attended Gheorghe Lazăr and Mihai Viteazul High Schools in Bucharest, as well as educational tutorial classes, after which he attended the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Bucharest. He published articles in Revista Fundaţiilor Regale, Kalende, Mişcarea literară, Sburătorul, Viaţa literară and Vremea.
Constantinescu became the director of the CFR High School Aurel Vlaicu, where he taught Romanian language and literature. He died from a heart attack on May 9, 1946 in Bucharest, while in full creative power.

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