Constantin Stamati-Ciurea
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Constantin Stamati-Ciurea (4 May 1828 Chişinău
- 22 February 1898) was a Romanian
writer and translator from Bessarabia
. The son of Constantin Stamati
, he followed in his father's footsteps as an author of prose, plays, and translations. He served as diplomat at Russia
's embassies in Paris
, Berlin
, and London
.
In 1895, the Romanian King Carol I awarded him the medal "bene merenti" for all his work. He published most of his writings first in Russian, because, as he confessed, there was no Romanian printing press in all Russia at that time. Toward his later years, he succedeed in publishing his works in Romanian in Cernauti (in Austria). He was one of the defenders of the Romanian identity of the native population of Bessarabia, as well as an outspoken voice against its exploitation.
"Deci, eu ca român mă uit cu oarecare invidie la aceşti venetici
din lume, ce s-au îmbogăţit atunci, pe când ţăranul nostru stătea
pe loc, în mare mizerie în comparaţie cu dânşii" (C. Stamati-Ciurea, Rasunet din Basarabia, p. 241 Editura Litera, 1998)
Chisinau
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- 22 February 1898) was a Romanian
Romanians
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writer and translator from Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
. The son of Constantin Stamati
Constantin Stamati
Constantin Stamati was a Romanian/Moldovan writer and translator.He settled in Chişinău, Bessarabia after the 1812 partition of Moldavia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, but made his literary debut in Iaşi.Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first Russian...
, he followed in his father's footsteps as an author of prose, plays, and translations. He served as diplomat at Russia
Russia
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's embassies in Paris
Paris
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, Berlin
Berlin
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, and London
London
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.
In 1895, the Romanian King Carol I awarded him the medal "bene merenti" for all his work. He published most of his writings first in Russian, because, as he confessed, there was no Romanian printing press in all Russia at that time. Toward his later years, he succedeed in publishing his works in Romanian in Cernauti (in Austria). He was one of the defenders of the Romanian identity of the native population of Bessarabia, as well as an outspoken voice against its exploitation.
"Deci, eu ca român mă uit cu oarecare invidie la aceşti venetici
din lume, ce s-au îmbogăţit atunci, pe când ţăranul nostru stătea
pe loc, în mare mizerie în comparaţie cu dânşii" (C. Stamati-Ciurea, Rasunet din Basarabia, p. 241 Editura Litera, 1998)