Post on 01-Jun-2018
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ION LUCA
CARAGIALE(1852 -
1912)
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He is considered one of
the greatest Romanianplaywrights andwriters, a leading
representative of localhumor, and a mainrepresentative of Junimea,an inuential literarysociety with which he
parted during the second
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Ion !uca "aragiale was #orn in a tinyvillage $Haimanale%, into a family of &ree'or, more pro#a#ly, romanian descent(
“Caragiale in a Balcaniccost!e”
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In )**+, he
had a son,Mateiu, withMaria"onstantinescu, who wor'edfor theucharest
-own Hall."aragialerecognied
Mateiu as his Caragiale and Mateiu, before 1900
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In January )**/, he married le0andrina, thedaughter
of architect &aetano urelly. 1he was a mem#erof the ucharest elite, which served to improveIon !uca "aragiale2s social standing.
-hey had two children of their own3 !uca
$'nown as !u'y( #orn )*/4% and Ecaterina $or -u5chi( #orn )*/6, later married !ogadi%.
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•"aragiale2s sense of irony corrected the tendencies of his day, and,through this,helped in creating an ur#an literature.
• -hrough many of his traits, "aragiale was connected to a !al"anen#ironment ofvirtually permanent human contact, with its humor condensed inanecdotes and mimicry.•7arifopol 8uoted him saying that he admired the traditional forms of
entertainment, and that he admired the #u9oons.
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He was passionate with politics(He li'ed to travel(:eople who lived in the same periodwith him say that he was an unusuallysocial man(
mong cities and towns, "aragialepreferred ucharest and thoseprovincial centers most e0posed to
"entral European inuences$speci;cally, the summer retreats inthe :rahova
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I$ %I& %'$'(R)• -he ucharest National -heater is currently 'nown infull as >Ion !uca "aragiale> National -heater.•
mong the statues raised in his honor are "onstantinaraschi2sucharest monument, and #usts in the capital2s"i5migiu &ardens and in :loie5ti.•In )/?@, a house in :loie5ti has #een turned into a
museum Honoring "aragiale $the Ao#rescu House%.•His native home in Haimanale was opened for thepu#lic in )/B/.•Memorial pla8ues have also #een set up in uCu
and on schDne#erg2s Hohenollerndamm.•His name was given to streets, avenues, par's or8uarters in manyomanian citiesFsuch landmar's include theucharest street he lived on around )/GG, a street in:loie5ti, a 8uarter in ra5ov, and a par' in "lu