Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer
Dumitru S. Panaitescu
Caricature of Perpessicius, by Victor Ion Popa
Born
(1891-10-22)October 22, 1891 Brăila, Romania
Died
March 29, 1971(1971-03-29) (aged 79) Bucharest
Pen name
Perpessicius, D. Pandara
Occupation
literary critic, literary historian, poet, journalist, novelist, translator, editor, publisher, art critic, folklorist, radio broadcaster, museologist, librarian, civil servant, activist
Period
1913–1971
Genre
lyric poetry, elegy, biography, essay, satire
Literary movement
Symbolism, Modernism, Neoclassicism, Viața Românească
Perpessicius (Romanian:[perpeˈsit͡ʃjus]; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer. One of the prominent literary chroniclers of the Romanian interwar period, he stood apart in his generation for having thrown his support behind the modernist and avant-garde currents of Romanian literature. As a theorist, Perpessicius merged the tenets of Symbolism with the pragmatic conservative principles of the 19th century Junimea society, but was much-criticized over perceptions that, in the name of aesthetic relativism, he tolerated literary failure. Also known as an anthologist, biographer, museologist, folklorist and book publisher, he was, together with George Călinescu, one of his generation's best-known researchers to have focused on the work of Junimist author and since-acknowledged national poet Mihai Eminescu. Much of Perpessicius' career was dedicated to collecting, structuring and interpreting Eminescu's texts, resulting in an authoritative edition of Eminescu's writings, the 17-volume Opere ("Works").
A veteran of World War I, where he lost use of his right arm, Perpessicius debuted in poetry while recovering in hospital, publishing the critically acclaimed volume Scut și targă ("Shield and Stretcher"). His subsequent "intimist" and Neoclassical tendencies made him part of a distinct current within the local branch of Symbolism. Like other mainstream modernists of his day, Perpessicius also espoused anti-fascism and criticized nationalism in general, attitudes which led him into conflict with the 1930s far right. In 1938-1940 however, Perpessicius controversially offered a degree of support to the fascist-inspired National Renaissance Front, and was promoted by its leader, King Carol II. Sympathetic to the left-wing trend after World War II, Perpessicius was drawn into cooperation with the Romanian Communist Party. Although subsequently endorsed and acclaimed by the communist regime, Perpessicius was reluctant to condone its policies and dedicated his final years almost exclusively to literature. A member of the Romanian Academy and founding director of the Museum of Romanian Literature, he was co-editor of Viața Românească magazine, and, in 1957, head of the academy's Library.
Perpessicius (Romanian: [perpeˈsit͡ʃjus]; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius;...
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stage. This perspective was deplored early on by the modernist critic Perpessicius. Nine years after Emilian's polemic text, fascist poet and journalist...
poetically inebriating itself through abuse." Cioculescu's colleague Perpessicius saw the young author and his generation as marked by "the specter of...
Panaitescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Perpessicius, the pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu Petre P. Panaitescu (1900–1967)...
Paciurea (1873–1932), Romanian abstract sculptor Dimitrie Panaitescu Perpessicius pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu (1891–1971) Dimitrie Pompeiu (1873–1954)...
tribune Integral. Janco was also called upon by authors Ion Pillat and Perpessicius to illustrate their Antologia poeților de azi ("The Anthology of Present-Day...
authors such as Aderca, Arghezi, Millian, Pillat, Vinea, N. Davidescu, Perpessicius, and Fondane himself. He was at the time working on his own play, Filoctet...
which appeared at Editura Tineretului. They were briefly reviewed by Perpessicius, who called his an "elegant translation". Talex also began publishing...
241–242; Pop, pp. 59–62 Perpessicius (2001), pp. 62–63, 146 Perpessicius (2001), p. 85 Perpessicius (1943), p. 214 Perpessicius (1943), pp. 242–243; Pop...
comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics. Perpessicius, "Tabel cronologic", in Mateiu Caragiale, Craii de Curtea-Veche, Editura...
Baranga (1913–1979), Ovid Crohmălniceanu (1921–2000), Dumitru Panaitescu-Perpessicius (1891–1971), Demostene Botez (1893–1973) and George Macovescu (1913–2002)...
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defying "the bourgeois platitude". Contrarily, another interwar exegete, Perpessicius, made ample efforts to rehabilitate Urmuz as a thoughtful literary figure...
ARLUS "Literary and Philosophical Section" (seconded by Mihai Ralea and Perpessicius). In February 1945, he joined Parhon, Enescu, linguist Alexandru Rosetti...
trends of Western Europe. A modernist colleague, the literary critic Perpessicius, noted that Aderca was one of Romania's writers most inspired by psychoanalysis...
during the late 1940s and early '50s. Protected by the literary critic Perpessicius, he later reemerged, but, until the time of his death, was only allowed...
Company Histories. St. James Press. pp. 162–164. ISBN 978-1-55862-444-3. Perpessicius (2001). Studii eminesciene. Bucharest: Museum of Romanian Literature...
poet, philosopher, literary critic and translator Panait S. Dumitru or Perpessicius (1891–1971), Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and...
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