Ioan Slavici

Ioan Slavici
Born	(1848-01-18)18 January 1848 Világos, Austrian Empire (today Șiria, Arad County, Romania)
Died	17 August 1925(1925-08-17) (aged 77) Panciu, Putna County, Kingdom of Romania
Resting place	Brazi Monastery [ro], Panciu, Romania
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Language	Romanian
Nationality	Romanian
Citizenship	Kingdom of Hungary Hungarian State Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Romania
Education	Law School of Pest University of Vienna
Genre	Novel, novella, play, fairy tale
Literary movement	Naturalism
Notable works	Zâna Zorilor (1872) Moara cu noroc (1880) Budulea Taichii (1880) Pădureanca (1884) Mara (1894)
Spouses	Katalin Szőke Magyarósy ​ ​ (m. 1875; div. 1885)​ Eleonora Tănăsescu ​ (m. 1886)​
Children	Titu Liviu Lavinia Ioana Josefina Marcel Livia

Ioan Slavici (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an ˈslavitʃʲ]; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanian writer and journalist from Austria-Hungary, later Romania.

He made his debut in Convorbiri literare ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy Fata de birău ("The Mayor's Daughter"). Alongside Mihai Eminescu he founded the Young Romania Social and Literary Academic Society and organized, in 1871, the Putna Celebration of the Romanian Students from Romania and from abroad. At the end of 1874, he settled in Bucharest, where he became secretary of the Hurmuzachi Collection Committee, then he became a professor, and then an editor of the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"). Alongside Ion Luca Caragiale and George Coșbuc, he edited the Vatra ("The Hearth") magazine. During World War I, he collaborated at the newspapers Ziua ("The Day") and Gazeta Bucureștilor ("The Bucharest Gazette"). He was awarded the Romanian Academy Award (1903).