WRITER

Ion Creangă

1837 - 1889

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Ion Creangă (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈkre̯aŋɡə]; also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei, Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu; March 1, 1837 – December 31, 1889) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th-century Romanian literature, he is best known for his Childhood Memories volume, his novellas and short stories, and his many anecdotes. Creangă's main contribution to fantasy and children's literature includes narratives structured around eponymous protagonists ("Harap Alb", "Ivan Turbincă", "Dănilă Prepeleac", "Stan Pățitul"), as well as fairy tales indebted to conventional forms ("The Story of the Pig", "The Goat and Her Three Kids", "The Mother with Three Daughters-in-Law", "The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughter"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Creangă is the 2,759th most popular writer (down from 1,865th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Romania (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ion Creangă ranks 2,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Belloc Lowndes, Vladimir Voinovich, Renia Spiegel, Bonaventure des Périers, Alexandre Herculano, and Maurice de Guérin. After him are Luis Cernuda, Jacob Israël de Haan, Gustave Kahn, Leonard Woolf, Unica Zürn, and Robert James Waller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Ion Creangă ranks 58. Before him are Itagaki Taisuke, Nicolás Avellaneda, Zhang Zhidong, Hans von Marées, Moritz Kaposi, and Franz Overbeck. After him are Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, George Dewey, Wilhelm Kühne, Kabayama Sukenori, John Wesley Hyatt, and Tippu Tip. Among people deceased in 1889, Ion Creangă ranks 44. Before him are Franciscus Donders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Alfred Józef Potocki, Bernhard Förster, and Charles Mackay. After him are John Hughes, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Champfleury, Albrecht Ritschl, Şihabetdin Märcani, and Benedetto Cairoli.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 206 out of 844. Before him are Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Alexander I Aldea (1397), Tamás Bakócz (1442), and Julius Popper (1857). After him are Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), Josef Posipal (1927), Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and Benjamin Fondane (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 25. Before him are Ana Blandiana (1942), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Olha Kobylianska (1863), Mihail Sebastian (1907), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), and Richard Wurmbrand (1909). After him are Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Tudor Arghezi (1880), and Liviu Rebreanu (1885).

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