11 Facts About Ionel Teodoreanu

Ionel Teodoreanu is mostly remembered for his books on the themes of childhood and adolescence.

Ionel Teodoreanu later transferred to the National College, which he attended until he graduated in 1916.

Ionel Teodoreanu obtained his law degree from the University of Iasi in 1919, and began to work as a lawyer, although he was more attracted to literature.

In late 1918, Ionel Teodoreanu he was introduced to his future wife, Maria Stefana Lupascu, by Barbu Stefanescu Delavrancea's daughters.

Ionel Teodoreanu died on 3 February 1954, at age 57, in Bucharest, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.

Ionel Teodoreanu made his literary debut in 1919, with the Bunicii sketch, published in the review Insemnari literare.

Ionel Teodoreanu wrote around twenty books, but his greatest success, especially with children and young people, was La Medeleni.

The trilogy is not without its critics; George Calinescu argued that Ionel Teodoreanu's style was too laden with metaphors and rather baroque.

Ionel Teodoreanu abandoned the childhood theme in most of his later literary works and never again reached the same level of success, but his books are still loved.

Ionel Teodoreanu writes some poems, and makes her friend Gabriela write them down, signing them with the pseudonym "Lorelei" and then mail them to her husband.

Ionel Teodoreanu starts having nightmares and loses his ability to write.