Tudor Pamfile was a Romania

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n writer.

Tudor Pamfile was born on June 11, 1883 in the village of Ţepu

Tepu, Galati

Ţepu is a commune in Galaţi County, Romania with a population of 2,518 people. It is composed of two villages, Ţepu and Ţepu de Sus....

 in Tecuci County (now in Galaţi County

Galati County

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). He attended primary school and the gimnasium in Tecuci

Tecuci

Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania , situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galaţi, Bârlad and Mărăşeşti.-History:...

, and the transferred to the Military School in Bucharest

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. During his studies he was befriended by Ion Bianu who introduced him to the literary circles of Bucharest Upon graduation he was assigned to the Third Roşiori Regiment

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 in Bârlad

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.

Tudor Pamfile's work, as a writer, was significantly influenced by ethnographer and folklorist Simeon Florea Marian. Pamfile was editor of the magazines "Ion Creangă" and "Miron Costin, both published in Bârlad

Bârlad

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. He also supported the magazine "Freamătul" initially published in Tecuci

Tecuci

Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania , situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galaţi, Bârlad and Mărăşeşti.-History:...

, but which moved to Bârlad. He wrote several enthonographic studies and contributed to the magazines Şezătoarea, Analele Academiei Române, Convorbiri literare, Floarea darurilor, Însemnări literare, Lamura

Lamura

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, Viaţa Românească

Viata Româneasca

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, Viaţa literară şi artistică and Lumina poporului. With George Tutoveanu and Toma Chiricuţă, he was one of the founders of the literary society "Academia Bârlădeană

Academia Bârladeana

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Tudor Pamfile died on October 21, 1923 in Chişinău

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 (now in Moldova

Moldova

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)

Works

• Jocuri de copii (3 volumes), Bucureşti, 1906–1909
• Cartea pentru tineret de la sate Bucureşti, 1907 (with Mihai Lupescu and L. Mrejeriu
• Povestire pe scurt despre neamul românesc - Bârlad, 1907
• Cimilituri româneşti - Bucureşti, 1908
• Craiul vremurilor (stories) - Vălenii de Munte, 1909
• Feţi frumoşi de odinioară (stories) - Bucureşti, 1910
• Industria casnică la Români. Trecutul şi starea ei de astăzi - Bucureşti, 1910
• Sărbătorile de vară la români - Bucureşti, 1910
• Boli şi leacuri la oameni, vite şi păsări - Bucureşti, 1911
• Firişoare de aur (stories and legends) - Bucureşti, 1911
• Sfârşitul lumii după credinţele poporului român - Bârlad, 1911
• Culegere de colinde, cîntece de stea, vicleime, sorcove şi pluguşoare, întocmite pentru folosul tineretului ce urează la Crăciun şi Anul Nou - Bucureşti, 1912
• Culegere de ghicitori româneşti (cimilituri) - Bucureşti, 1912
• Agricoltura la români - Bucureşti, 1913
• Cântece de ţară - Bucureşti, 1913
• Povestea lumii de demult - Bucureşti, 1913
• Cromatica poporului român (with Mihai Lupescuo], in collaborazione con M. Lupescu) - Bucureşti, 1914
• Diavolul învrăjbitor al lumii - Bucureşti, 1914
• Însemnări cu privire la moşia, satul şi biserica de la Strîmba din comuna Puieşti, judeţul Tutova (with V. C. Nicolau) - Bîrlad, 1914)
• Sărbătorile de toamnă şi postul Crăciunului - Bucureşti, 1914
• Sărbătorile la români. Crăciunul - Bucureşti, 1914
• Un tăciune şi-un cărbune. (stories) - Bucureşti, 1914
• Dragostea în datina tineretului român
• Pământul după credinţele poporului Român.
• Văzduhul după credinţele poporului Român (with Antoaneta Olteanu)
• Cerul şi podoabele lui, după credinţele poporului Român (with Antoaneta Olteanu)
• Mitologie românească

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