Ionel Teodoreanu
Ionel Teodoreanu (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈnel te.odoˈre̯anu], born Ioan Hipolit Teodoreanu;[1] 6 January 1897 – 3 February 1954) was a Romanian novelist and lawyer. He is mostly remembered for his books on the themes of childhood and adolescence.
Ionel Teodoreanu
Ioan Hipolit Teodoreanu
January 6, 1897
Iași, Kingdom of Romania
February 3, 1954 (aged 57)
Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic
Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania
Novelist, lawyer
Romanian
Biography[edit]
Born in January 1897 in Iași into a family of intellectuals, Teodoreanu followed his father Osvald and older brother Păstorel in becoming a lawyer. From 1904 to 1906 he attended the German primary school of Pitar-Moș in Bucharest, until his parents moved back to Iași. Between 1908 and 1912 he attended the Boarding High School in Iași. He later transferred to the National College, which he attended until he graduated in 1916. Teodoreanu obtained his law degree from the University of Iași in 1919, and began to work as a lawyer, although he was more attracted to literature.
In late 1918, Teodoreanu he was introduced to his future wife, Maria Ștefana Lupașcu, by Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea's daughters. The two young people became close due to their mutual passion for literature and their disposition towards writing, and they married in 1920. One year later, on 3 February 1921, he became the father of twin boys, Ștefan and Osvald. Ionel Teodoreanu died on 3 February 1954, at age 57, in Bucharest, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.