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George Topîrceanu

Born

in Bucharest, Romania

March 20, 1886

Died

May 07, 1937

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Born in Bucharest, Topîrceanu began his schooling in the city, and then moved to the hilly countryside of the Argeş county, in the Șuici commune, where he formed his taste for themes taken from nature. After completing secondary studies, he attended the University of Bucharest Law School, and then its Faculty of Letters, without ever finishing either. This was largely due to a hectic lifestyle punctuated by numerous affairs and heavy alcohol use.He began publishing short verses to increasing critical acclaim. In 1926, he was awarded the National Poetry Prize.
He died of liver cancer in Iaşi.

His three main volumes of poetry, Balade vesele şi triste ("Ballads, Merry and Sad"), Parodii originale ("Original Parodies") and Migdale amare ("Bitter Born in Bucharest, Topîrceanu began his schooling in the city, and then moved to the hilly countryside of the Argeş county, in the Șuici commune, where he formed his taste for themes taken from nature. After completing secondary studies, he attended the University of Bucharest Law School, and then its Faculty of Letters, without ever finishing either. This was largely due to a hectic lifestyle punctuated by numerous affairs and heavy alcohol use.He began publishing short verses to increasing critical acclaim. In 1926, he was awarded the National Poetry Prize.
He died of liver cancer in Iaşi.

His three main volumes of poetry, Balade vesele şi triste ("Ballads, Merry and Sad"), Parodii originale ("Original Parodies") and Migdale amare ("Bitter Almonds"), are a compelling mixture of humor and delicate lyricism. Topîrceanu's favorite device is to switch, without warning, from biting sarcasm to genuine sentiment and vice versa, often with beguiling ease. In his own words he aimed to: through jest, render tears all too clear.

Topîrceanu's most celebrated pieces, such as Balada unui greier mic ("The Ballad of a Tiny Cricket") and Rapsodii de toamnă ("Fall Rhapsodies") can be enjoyed for their flowing verse, on an infantile level, as well as appreciated for carefully constructed metaphors, incisive humor and contemplative ambiance. Other, more muscular and less lyrical pieces such as Acceleratul ("The Bullet Train") and Cioara ("The Crow"), display his command of the Romanian language, with cascading similes and emphatic rhythms

Topîrceanu wrote many satirical pieces, almost all first published as articles. His prose works were collected in several volumes: Memories from the Battle of Turtucaia (Bucharest, 1918), In their claw... Memories from Bulgaria and Light Sketches (Jassy, 1920), Letters with No Address, Humorous and Pessimistic Prose (Bucharest, 1930), Pirin-Planina, Tragic and Comic Episodes from Captivity (Bucharest, 1936). He also left an unfinished novella, Minunile Sfântului Sisoe ("Venerable Sisoes' Miraculous Works") published posthumously in 1938. ...more

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	Balade vesele și triste 4.07 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1916 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorii de război: Amintiri din luptele de la Turtucaia. Pirin Planina: by George Topîrceanu, Daniel Cain (pref.) 4.50 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1918 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minunile Sfantului Sisoe 4.18 avg rating — 57 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El major si ea minora by George Topîrceanu, Andrei Pleșu (Narrator) 4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balada unui greier mic 4.47 avg rating — 34 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strofe alese: balade vesele și triste 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1920 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rapsodii de toamnă 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parodii originale 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1916 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poezii 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Migdale amare: versuri umoristice și fanteziste 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1928 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Dar eu nu sunt de la Bucureşti. În privinţa aceasta, bucureştenii sunt mai expeditivi; ei fac totul în goană ― treburi, masă, distracţii, dragoste (tot pe fugă, ca piţigoiul) şi, după socoteala lor, asta se cheamă a trăi “intens”. Noi, cei de la Iaşi, suntem de altă părere. Nouă nu ne place să ne grăbim, să dăm lucrurile peste cap, cum fac ei. Când e vorba de treabă serioasă, noi avem alt obicei: nu facem nimic.”
― George Topîrceanu, Minunile Sfântului Sisoe

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“Pe vremuri, duelul era un privilegiu boieresc. Numai dacă erai nobil din naştere, aveai dreptul să te simţi ofensat şi să tragi cu pistolul ori să scoţi spada din teacă. Astăzi însă are libertatea să se ofenseze oricare cetăţean onorabil. Aici stă progresul: duelul s-a democratizat. Caracteristica duelului democratic stă în lipsa lui de rezultat, garantată prin lege. Şi cu cât omenirea se va civiliza mai tare, cu atât şi duelul va fi mai lipsit de rezultate şi va oferi cetăţenilor o garanţie mai mare de securitate şi de confort.
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Fiind mai dinainte asigurat că pistolul adversarului nu dă rezultate, domnul care iese pe teren se găseşte în situaţia plăcută a unei cucoane care ştie bine că nu poate să facă copii ― dar tot mai încearcă.”
― George Topîrceanu, Minunile Sfântului Sisoe

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“EPITAFURI pe mormantul:
Unui betiv
De saracie si necaz
Intaia oara doarme treaz.

Iubitei
S-a stins. Dar sa n-o plangi, straine,
Mai mult pe ea decat pe mine!”
― George Topârceanu, Balade vesele și triste

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