Mihail Sadoveanu(1880-1961)
- Writer
Born in Pascani, Moldova he got a rural education, and at age of 17
published his first sketch in a weekly paper in Bucharest. At age of 20
decide to quit Law studies and to live from writing. Between 1910 and
1919 is the director of National Theater from Iasi and in 1921 become a
full member of Romanian Academy. Is extremely productive in historical
novels in the period between the World Wars. After the WWII and the
occupation of Romania by the Russian Red Army, begins to get political
positions in the new communist regime, the highest position being the
Parliament speaker. Dies at age of 81 in Bucharest and is buried next
to greatest Romanian poet Mihail Eminescu and play-writer Ion Luca
Caragiale.
