Vasile Cârlova

Infobox Writer
name = Vasile Cârlova


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caption = Portrait of Vasile Cârlova
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birthdate = birth date|1809|2|4
birthplace = Buzău, Wallachia
deathdate = death date and age|1831|9|18|1809|2|4
deathplace = Craiova, Wallachia
occupation = poet, officer
nationality = Wallachian, Romanian
period = 1827–1831
genre = lyric poetry
subject =
movement = Romanticism
influences = Ion Heliade Rădulescu
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Vasile Cârlova (February 4, 1809-September 18 1831) was a Wallachian officer and early Romantic poet.

Biography

Born into a low-ranking Romanian boyar family in Buzău, Cârlova remained an orphan in 1816, and, after being adopted by an aunt, moved to Craiova. He studied together with Grigore Alexandrescu, learning Greek and French.

In 1827, he wrote his first poem, "Păstorul întristat" ("The Sad Shepperd"), which was first published in 1830, with the help of Ion Heliade Rădulescu. A year later, he authored "Ruinurile Târgoviştei" ("The Ruins of Târgovişte") and "Rugăciune" ("Prayer"). In 1829, Cârlova wrote "Înserare" ("Nightfall").

In 1830, the year when his poems were published, he enlisted to the newly-created Wallachian National Militia, a nucleus of the future Romanian Army created under the "Regulamentul Organic" regime, being its 33rd volunteer and bearing the rank of Second Lieutenant. The following year, Cârlova wrote "Marşul românilor" ("The Romanians' March"), a patriotic poem that could not be printed due to censorship and circulated on sheets of paper. He died soon after this, after falling ill with an infectious disease.

External links

* [http://library.thinkquest.org/C005493F/Authors/Alphabetical%20index/C/carlova_vasile.htm Short biography at thinkquest.org]
*ro icon [http://literaturaromana.artline.ro/Dr-Biografie-Carlova-Vasile-312-1-15-303.html Biography at artline.ro]