Nuvele

by Costache Negruzzi

Numele lui Costache Negruzzi este legat de obicei de nuvela Alexandru Lapusneanu, care, asa cum spune G. Calinescu, „ar fi devenit o scriere celebra ca si Hamlet, daca literatura romana ar fi avut in ajutor prestigiul unei limbi universale”. Inovatia autorului se manifesta si in genul epistolar - fiziologii contemporane, descrieri ale vestigiilor istorice, vechi povesti si legende romanesti, ce capata o noua forma.

Genres: Classics

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

Constantin Negruzzi (1808–24 August 1868) was a Romanian poet, novelist, translator, playwright and politician.

He studied at home with a Greek teacher. He admitted in a later article that he learnt Romanian by himself, from a book written by Petru Maior. During the 1821 Revolution, his family took refuge in Chişinău, Bessarabia, where he met Alexander Pushkin and became interested in literature.

Notable among his writings are his memoirs - Amintiri din juneţe ("Memories of youth") - and his historical writings, Fragmente istorice ("Historical fragments"), Negru pe alb ("Black on white"), Aprodul Purice. He translated some of the ballads of Victor Hugo, some of Thomas Moore's poetry and Antioch Kantemir's poetry. Negruzzi wrote two plays, Muza de la Burdujeni ("The Muse of Burdujeni") and Cârlani ("Lambs"), while translating several other plays.