journalist, dramatist, poet, short story writer, essayist, politician, lawyer
Period
1859–1882
Genre
comedy, satire, memoir, drama, literary criticism
Literary movement
Romanticism Realism
Pantazi Ghica (Romanian pronunciation:[panˈtaziˈɡika]; also known under the pen names Tapazin, G. Pantazi, and Ghaki;[1] 15 March 1831 – 17 July 1882) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician and lawyer, also known as a dramatist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. A prominent representative of the liberal current, he was the younger brother and lifelong collaborator of Ion Ghica, who served as Prime Minister of the Romanian Kingdom in 1866-1867 and again in 1870-1871. Pantazi Ghica began his political career as a participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, a collaborator of the Romantic historian and activist Nicolae Bălcescu, and a member of the radical grouping headed by C. A. Rosetti. Although twice involved in the administration of Buzău County, Ghica lived much of his life in exile or in Bucharest, and was also a soldier for the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War. After 1875, he was a prominent member of the National Liberal Party.
Generally seen as a mediocre writer, he was foremost noted for his associations with the literary figures Nicolae Filimon, Vasile Alecsandri, Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Alexandru Odobescu and Alexandru Macedonski, as well as for his extended polemic with the conservative literary society Junimea. Ghica's work and political convictions were criticized and often ridiculed by Junimist intellectuals such as Titu Maiorescu, Mihai Eminescu, and Ion Luca Caragiale. He is most likely one of the unnamed liberal politicians who are negatively portrayed in Eminescu's poem Scrisoarea a III-a.
Pantazi Ghica suffered from kyphosis. Notably, this physical defect is mentioned for satirical effect in Eminescu's poem and in Caragiale's autobiographical work, Din carnetul unui vechi sufleur.
PantaziGhica (Romanian pronunciation: [panˈtazi ˈɡika]; also known under the pen names Tapazin, G. Pantazi, and Ghaki; 15 March 1831 – 17 July 1882)...
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steered by ill-reputed characters such as Alecu D. Holban, PantaziGhica (who was Ion Ghica's brother), and George Missail. As early as April 1879, Caragiale's...
grouping short pieces about cultural figures such as Iorgu Caragiale, PantaziGhica, and Matei Millo. Beginning in 1909, Caragiale resumed his contributions...
to join him soon afterward in editing Stindardul journal, alongside PantaziGhica and George Fălcoianu. The publication followed the line of Nicolae Moret...
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anti-conservative Stindardul ("The Flag"), alongside Macedonski and dramatist PantaziGhica; however, Macedonski soon quit the enterprise. As a "Red", Florescu...
Cernătescu suggests further allusions to real-life eccentric noblemen, from PantaziGhica to "Claymoor" Văcărescu. Perpessicus noted that, in one of his outbursts...
controlled the grassroots campaign against non-liberals. With fellow deputy PantaziGhica, he organized a prolonged inquiry by Parliament into the activities...
defense team that initially included Turnavitu, alongside Nicolae Fleva, PantaziGhica and Alexandru Sichleanu. In October, Turnavitu co-signed a letter thanking...
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