Anișoara Odeanu
Anișoara Odeanu | |
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 Anișoara Odeanu, 1933 | |
| Born | Doina Stella Grațiana Peteanu May 28, 1912 Pădureni, Timiș, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | September 1, 1972 (aged 60) Lugoj, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Spouse | Dan Crivetz |
Anișoara Odeanu (28 May 1912 – 1 September 1972), also known as Doina Stella Grațiana Peteanu, was a Romanian journalist, poet, and prose writer during the interwar period.
Early days
[edit]She was born in Pădureni, Timiș County,[1] the daughter of a well known folklorist.[2] Her friend and mentor was the celebrated Romanian author Camil Petrescu.[3]
Career
[edit]Odeanu began writing as a child; her first poem was published at the age of 9 in her hometown.[4] From 1929 to 1933, she studied at the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest. After graduation, she began studying law at the University of Bucharest and graduated in 1936.[5]
Her debut novel was published in 1934 and was favourably reviewed by Romanian critics; George Călinescu referred to her as the first ingenue of female Romanian literature.[4]
During the war, she wrote for the Romanian propaganda division.[5]
Later years
[edit]Eventually her writing fell out of fashion; her work was rehabilitated in 1965 and her first novel, Într-un cămin de domnișoare, was republished.[3] In 1972, she committed suicide the day after the death of her husband, Dan Crivetz.[6][7][better source needed]
Legacy
[edit]The Anișoara Odeanu Memorial House was inaugurated on 25 August 2020 in Pădureni.[4] A gymnasium school in Lugoj is named after her.[8] Streets in Lugoj and Timișoara also bear her name.
Selected works
[edit]- Într-un Cămin de Domnișoare (In a Young Ladies' Boardinghouse, 1934)[9]
- Călător din Noaptea de Ajun (Traveller on Christmas Eve, 1937)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anișoara Odeanu – o scriitoare care se reinventează" (in Romanian). Ziua de Vest. September 28, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ Grosu, Cristiana (2021). "Interludiul Unui Cuget Solitar. Anișoara Odeanu și Lirismul Neliniștii Existențiale". Studii de Știință și Cultură (in Romanian). XVII (01): 51–60. ISSN 1841-1401.
- ^ a b Timofte, Mădălina (2022-03-31). "Anișoara Odeanu". jupanesele.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b c "Casa memorială Anișoara Odeanu". Independența Română – Independența prin cultură (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b Vintu, Carmen (2022-05-28). "1912 – S-a născut Anișoara Odeanu, poetă, prozatoare și jurnalistă". jurnalfm.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ Cistelecan, Al. (January 23, 2021), "O saga de dragoste și moarte (Anișoara Odeanu)", Vatra (in Romanian), no. 10–11, pp. 122–126, retrieved March 9, 2025
- ^ "Anișoara Odeanu". Parnas XXI (in Romanian). Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ "Școala Gimnazială "Anișoara Odeanu" Lugoj". Retrieved March 9, 2025.
- ^ a b Năchescu, Voichița (2008-01-01). "The Visible Woman: Interwar Romanian Women's Writing, Modernity and the Gendered Public/Private Divide". Aspasia. 2 (1). doi:10.3167/asp.2008.020105. ISSN 1933-2882.