14 Facts About N Porsenna

In late 1913, N Porsenna published his debut novellas, as La judecata Zeilor.

The volume was reviewed as an oddity, by Albert Honigman, the columnist at Universul Literar: mixing "chrism, philosophy and pornography", it was designed to "rile up" the reader; the review suggests that N Porsenna was partly suited for those who appreciated literary naturalism, but that each individual piece was in a different style, and with a different artistic perspective.

This, Honigman notes, made N Porsenna stand out as a major literary talent.

In 1914, N Porsenna issued a debut novel and began putting out his own newspaper, Latinul, accompanied by a magazine, Ghilotina, which appeared from November 1915 to March 1916 with Froda as the editorial secretary.

Miscarea claimed that non-Marghilomanists simply left the hall, while noting that N Porsenna's speech was so exceedingly long that the stenographer on duty ran out of paper.

In early 1922, N Porsenna stirred a national controversy with his Flacara articles, which deplored the effects of National Liberal governance over Bessarabia.

In January 1923, while co-opted as a board member by the local subsidiary of Pirelli, N Porsenna married an actress, Dorina Fundulescu.

In early 1935, under contract with Editura Cugetarea, N Porsenna issued another collection of stories.

Also in 1935, Nicu N Porsenna rallied with a far-right group called Romanian Front, which introduced a Jewish quota, alongside similar restrictions for other minority groups.

The resulting polemic, peaking in October 1937, put an end to N Porsenna's links with the FR, which clarified that it had no links with Ideea Libera, and that Iorga was a friend.

The period saw N Porsenna returning to his psychic research, with Les hypostases de l'ame humaine, which was preserved as a manuscript by Valere Musatesco.

In early 1944, N Porsenna was a literary reviewer at Crainic's magazine, Gandirea.

In 1946, N Porsenna managed to publish another work on he paranormal, as Aparitiuni si fantome materializate.

Penciu, who met him later in Aiud Prison, believes that N Porsenna was tortured by the Securitate and subjected to "unparalleled humiliation" while in preliminary confinement.