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Ion Luca Caragiale

1852 - 1912

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Ion Luca Caragiale (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈluka karaˈdʒjale]; 13 February [O.S. 30 January] 1852 – 9 June 1912), commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale, was a Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in Romanian language and literature, as well as one of its most important writers and a leading representative of local humour. Alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Ion Creangă, he is seen as one of the main representatives of Junimea, an influential literary society with which he nonetheless parted during the second half of his life. His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Luca Caragiale is the 1,803rd most popular writer (down from 1,512th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Romania (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ion Luca Caragiale ranks 1,803 out of 7,302. Before him are Yaşar Kemal, Slavenka Drakulić, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Li He, Stéphane Hessel, and Augusto Boal. After him are Eduard Mörike, Stephen Crane, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Paul Goodman, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia.

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Among people born in 1852, Ion Luca Caragiale ranks 40. Before him are Arnold Toynbee, Hans Vaihinger, Edmund Leighton, Joseph Freinademetz, Théophile Delcassé, and John Harvey Kellogg. After him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, I. L. Peretz, Max von Gallwitz, Leopoldo Alas, Charles W. Fairbanks, and Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1912, Ion Luca Caragiale ranks 40. Before him are James Paul Moody, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Henry Tingle Wilde, Nicholas of Japan, William Booth, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony. After him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Isidor Straus, Edward Wilson, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, and Georg Heym.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Luca Caragiale ranks 120 out of 844. Before him are Abraham Wald (1902), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Marcel Janco (1895), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), and Angelica Rozeanu (1921). After him are Armand Călinescu (1893), Aureolus (220), Basarab the Old (null), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Inna (1986), and Miklós Nyiszli (1901).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Ion Luca Caragiale ranks 12. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), and Károly Kerényi (1897). After him are Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Dora d'Istria (1828), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), and János Arany (1817).

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