Anișoara Odeanu

Anișoara Odeanu
Born	28 May 1912
Died	1 September 1972 (aged 60)

Anișoara Odeanu (28 May 1912 – 1 September 1972), also known as Doina Stella Grațiana Peteanu, was a Romanian journalist, poet, and prose writer during the interwar period. She was born in Banat, the daughter of a well known folklorist.[1] Her friend and mentor was the celebrated Romanian author Camil Petrescu.[2]

Career

Odeanu began writing as a child; her first poem was published at the age of 9 in her hometown.[3] From 1929 to 1933, she studied at the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest. After graduation, she began studying law at the University of Bucharest and graduated in 1936.[4]

Her debut novel was published in 1934 and was favourably reviewed by Romanian critics; George Călinescu referred to her as the first ingenue of female Romanian literature.[3]

During the war, she wrote for the Romanian propaganda division.[4]

Later years

Eventually her writing fell out of fashion; her work was rehabilitated in 1965 and her first novel, Într-un cămin de domnișoare, was republished.[2] In 1972, she committed suicide the day after her husband's death.[5]

Legacy

The Anișoara Odeanu Memorial House was inaugurated on 25 August 2020 in Pădureni, Timiș.[3]

Selected works

• Într-un Cămin de Domnișoare (In a Young Ladies' Boardinghouse, 1934)[6]
• Calator din Noaptea de Ajun (Traveller on Christmas Eve, 1937)[6]

References

1. Grosu, Cristiana (2021). "INTERLUDIUL UNUI CUGET SOLITAR. ANIȘOARA ODEANU ȘI LIRISMUL NELINIȘTII EXISTENȚIALE". Studii de Ştiinţă şi Cultură (in Romanian). XVII (01): 51–60. ISSN 1841-1401.
2. Timofte, Madalina (2022-03-31). "Anișoara Odeanu". Jupânesele (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
3. "Casa memorială Anișoara Odeanu". Independența Română - Independența prin cultură (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
4. Vintu, Carmen (2022-05-28). "1912 – S-a născut Anișoara Odeanu, poetă, prozatoare și jurnalistă". Jurnal FM (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
5. VATRA (2021-01-23). "Al. Cistelecan – O saga de dragoste și moarte (Anişoara Odeanu)" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
6. Năchescu, Voichiţa (2008-01-01). "The Visible Woman: Interwar Romanian Women's Writing, Modernity and the Gendered Public/Private Divide". Aspasia. 2 (1). doi:10.3167/asp.2008.020105. ISSN 1933-2882.