19 Facts About Septimiu Albini

Septimiu Albini was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian journalist and political activist.

Rather than undergo further incarceration, Albini fled to the Romanian Old Kingdom, where he lived in relative obscurity.

Septimiu Albini's father played an important role in Albini's intellectual development, telling stories about the events of 1848.

The effort to imbue the son with patriotism began early: when the infant was forty days old, Vasile Septimiu Albini symbolically dedicated him to Michael the Brave.

Septimiu Albini's childhood was spent in nearby Cut, where the family originated.

Septimiu Albini attended secondary school at the Romanian high school in Blaj and the German high school in Sibiu, and although this environment exposed him to Latinist principles, he entered into contact with Junimist ideas by reading Convorbiri Literare and soon subscribed to the society's principles.

Septimiu Albini took part in poetry readings at the home of Visarion Roman, his future father-in-law.

Septimiu Albini entered Romania Juna Society, while there, he advocated for a phonetic spelling of Romanian, following the lead of Titu Maiorescu and standing in opposition to the etymological approach of his former teacher Timotei Cipariu.

Not only did the elder man appreciate Septimiu Albini's writing and attachment to Tribunist principles, he had decided upon founding the newspaper that a certain number of its staff, invariably including the editor, would be Greek-Catholics.

Septimiu Albini embraced the newspaper's cultural views, but was not especially interested in politics at that point.

Septimiu Albini was a member of the Romanian National Party, rising to become its secretary, and joining its leadership committee in early 1892.

From 1888 to 1894, Septimiu Albini was director and editor of Tribuna; the position had become vacant following Slavici's sentencing to a year's imprisonment.

Additionally, "Un nou filoroman" is a polemic directed against a book by an obscure Hungarian writer, Sandor Lengyel, that Septimiu Albini considered defamatory toward the peasants of the Apuseni Mountains.

Septimiu Albini's health weakened following the winter prison stay at Szeged, he could not attend the May 1894 sentencing, and instead waited until October to learn of the two and a half years' sentence.

The state of his health, combined with the fact that he was recently married and had a newborn son, and was still a young man, led Septimiu Albini to flee to Romania and avoid punishment.

Septimiu Albini's "desertion" was strongly condemned by fellow signatories who served their sentences, including by Tribuna colleagues, but Albini justified his action through articles published there.

In Romania, Septimiu Albini initially experienced a period of material difficulties, eventually finding work as a secretary at the Romanian Academy, remaining there until 1918.

Septimiu Albini left behind eight partly unpublished manuscripts, of which six dealt with politics.

Septimiu Albini married Aurelia Roman in February 1894; the marriage sponsor was Gheorghe Bogdan-Duica.