Petre Ispirescu
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Petre Ispirescu (ˈpetre ispiˈresku; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romania
n printer and publicist.
, his parents wanted him to be a priest and he was entrusted to study with a monk at the Metropolitan Church, after he studied with a priest at the Doamna Bălaşa Church.
He quit in 1844 and became a worker at the Carcalchi printing house and later at the Capaining printing house. He was sentenced to one month in prison after publishing the correspondence of Nicolae Vogoride
.
Ispirescu became director of the Naţional and Românul printing houses. He founded, together with Goebl Carol, the printing house Lucrătorilor Asociaţi, and then he became the owner of the Academiei Române printing house.
He is buried at Bellu
cemetery, in Bucharest.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n printer and publicist.
Biography
Born in BucharestBucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, his parents wanted him to be a priest and he was entrusted to study with a monk at the Metropolitan Church, after he studied with a priest at the Doamna Bălaşa Church.
He quit in 1844 and became a worker at the Carcalchi printing house and later at the Capaining printing house. He was sentenced to one month in prison after publishing the correspondence of Nicolae Vogoride
Nicolae Vogoride
Prince Nicolae Vogoride was the Ottoman-nominated Governor of Moldavia following the Crimean War...
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Ispirescu became director of the Naţional and Românul printing houses. He founded, together with Goebl Carol, the printing house Lucrătorilor Asociaţi, and then he became the owner of the Academiei Române printing house.
He is buried at Bellu
Bellu
Bellu is the most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu...
cemetery, in Bucharest.
Works
Ispirescu is especially known for his collections of Romanian folk stories.- Ţăranul român (1862, "The Romanian Peasant")
- Legende sau basmele românilorLegende sau basmele românilorLegende sau basmele românilor is a collection, in several volumes, of Romanian folktales, first published in 1874 by Petre Ispirescu.-Contents:...
(1874, "Romanian Legends and Tales") - Isprăvile şi viaţa lui Mihai Viteazu (1876, "Works and Life of Mihai Viteazu")
- Snoave şi Poveşti populare (1879, "Popular Anecdotes and Stories")
- Poveştele unchiaşului sfătos (1879, "Stories of a talkative old man")
- Pilde şi ghicitori (1880, "Examples and riddles")
- Basme, snoave şi glume (1883, "Tales, Anecdotes, and Jests")
- Jucării şi jocuri de copil (1885, "Children's Toys and Games")
- Poveşti morale. Despre pomul Crăciunului (1886, "Moral Stories. About the Christmas Tree")